[2210] in java-interest
Re: Setting Boundaries (was Re: JDK Question)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James C Deikun)
Tue Sep 26 22:50:22 1995
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 20:44:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: James C Deikun <jcdst10+@pitt.edu>
To: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@scndprsn.Eng.Sun.COM>
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: <9509221629.AA12685@pepper.Eng.Sun.COM>
On Fri, 22 Sep 1995, Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> Actually, adding more java files doesn't impact portability since they
> just work. There are currently 28 classes in the java.* hierarchy that
> have native methods (and thus require porting). Pure java code works the
> same where ever it runs.
I wonder how many of those native method classes are in java.awt.*.
In any case, a third-party implementation still has to duplicate the
library code unless it wants to work only in conjunction with the Sun
distribution, so the libraries still add work that could have an especial
impact on producers with low budgets.
--
James "impacted?!" Deikun
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