[RELEASED] Kaffe 0.10.1

[Tim Wilkinson]

KAFFE v0.10.1 - A JIT and interpreting virtual machine to run Java(tm)*
code
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Kaffe is a virtual machine design to execute Java bytecode.
This machine can be configured in two modes.  In one mode it operates as

a pure bytecode interpreter (not unlike Javasoft's machine); in the
second
mode if performs "just-in-time" code conversion from the abstract code
to
the host machine's native code.  This will ultimately allow execution of

Java code at the same speed as standard compiled code but while
maintaining
the advantages and flexibility of code independence.

Platforms
---------

Kaffe will run on the following platforms ('J' indicates 'just-in-time'
support, 'I' indicates 'interpreter' support):


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  uProc     | Mode |    Systems

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  i386      | J+I  |    FreeBSD 2.x +   Unixware        NetBSD 1.x
            |      |    Solaris 2.x     BSDI 2.x        Linux 2.0.0 +
            |      |    SCO 3.2v5       NeXTStep 3.x    Windows '95
            |      |    DG/UX           OpenBSD 2.x     OpenStep 4.x
            |      |    QNX 4.x

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  Sparc     | J+I  |    SunOS 4.x       Solaris 2.x     NetBSD 1.x
            |      |    NeXTStep 3.x    Linux           Fujitsu UXP/DS
            |      |    BSDI 3.x

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  ARM       | I    |    NetBSD 1.x

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  Alpha     | J+I  |    Linux           OSF/1           NetBDS 1.x

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  M68K      | J+I  |    AmigaOS         NeXTStep 3.x    NetBSD 1.x
            |      |    SunOS 4.x       Linux           AUX
            |      |    OpenBSD 2.x

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  PowerPC   | I    |    MkLinux         MachTen 4.0.3   AIX

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  MIPS      | I    |    IRIX 5 & 6      NetBSD 1.x

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  PARISC    | I    |    HPUX 10.x

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I encourage people to make ports to other platforms and to feed them
back
to me.  I would recommend that initial ports concentrate on the
interpreter.
These can then be used as the basis for developing JIT versions for
these
systems.

The sources for Kaffe can be found at the following location:

USA:
        ftp://ftp.transvirtual.com/pub/kaffe
        ftp://rufus.w3.org/pub/kaffe
        ftp://mirror.sdsu.edu/pub/kaffe

Europe:
        ftp://ftp.kaffe.org/pub/kaffe
        ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/Java/kaffe
        ftp://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/unix/kaffe

Others:
        ftp://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/languages/java/kaffe

What you need
-------------

For a Kaffe system you need the following parts:

 kaffe-0.10.1.tgz                       Virtual machine and all bits
                                        provided by transvirtual.com

 Please note that you *must* get the Javasoft classes.zip file from
them.

Uncompress and untar these archives into the same directory, configure,
make and install.

Enjoy.

Tim Wilkinson
<tim@transvirtual.com>
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* Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.