[ANNOUNCMENT] Kaffe 0.10.0 released (finally!!)

[Tim Wilkinson]

KAFFE v0.10.0 - 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.

New Features
------------
Please note that this release does not include some of the recently
trumpeted features, notable a new AWT implementation and JNI.  We expect
to roll these out really soon but for the moment we though it better to
get this release out.  It contains many major changes so tread carefully
and read the 'README'.

This version of Kaffe has the following new features:
 * Serialization support
 * Reflection support
 * RMI support
 * Support for ZIP functions.
 * Support for BigInteger functions.
 * Improvements and additions to networking.
 * Deprecation of old Kaffe stub functions from kaffeh.
 * Deprecation of old assembly code thread system (now uses longjmp).
 * Overhalled the machine specific configuration system.
 * Addition of thread interface to aid porting.
 * Addition of GC interface to allow use of different GC systems.
 * Addition of system call interface (not yet complete) to aid porting.
 * Better handling of JAR files (now handles compressed JARs).

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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  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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  StrongARM | I    |    RiscIX          (work-in-progress)

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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.:

Europe:
        ftp://ftp.kaffe.org/pub/kaffe/
        ftp://ftp.sarc.city.ac.uk/pub/kaffe/
        ftp://ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/kaffe/
        ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/languages/java/kaffe/
        ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/Languages/Java/kaffe/
        ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/languages/java/kaffe/
        ftp://alterego.stack.urc.tue.nl/pub/kaffe/
        ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/lang/java/kaffe/
        ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/Java/kaffe/
        ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/languages/java/kaffe/
USA:
        ftp://ftp.transvirtual.com/pub/kaffe/
        ftp://ftp.cs.columbia.edu/pub/kaffe/
Japan:
        ftp://ftp.webcity.co.jp/pub/andoh/java/kaffe/
Others:
        ftp://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/languages/java/kaffe/

What you need
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For a Kaffe system you need the following parts:
 kaffe-0.10.0.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 at transvirtual.com>
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* Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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  Tim Wilkinson                         Tel:     +1 510 704 1660
  Transvirtual Technologies, Inc.,      Fax:     +1 510 704 1893
  Berkeley, CA, USA.                    Email:   tim at transvirtual.com