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What will the Mac version look like?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Anuff)
Fri Jul 14 15:15:48 1995
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 09:29:15 -0800
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
From: edanuff@protagonist.com (Ed Anuff)
According to this week's MacWeek, in the article "Mactivity/Web hosts first
Mac news server, HotJava":
Sun Microsystems Inc. of Mountain View, Calif. (http://www.sun.com),
demonstrated its Java multimedia technology through a prototype Mac browser
supporting the client-side protocol, HotJava. The browser, a conversion of
the Solaris OS browser, lets users view animated miniapplications embedded
into Web pages. Sun said it plans to provide a full-featured HotJava
browser that will be available from its FTP site in beta form this month
along with a Java helper application for use with other Mac browsers. The
final version is due in the fall; pricing has not been determined.
I don't expect Sun to comment on MacWeek's statement of when the Mac
version will ship, but I am curious about a couple of things about the Mac
version, which are probably by now set in stone if its going to ship
anytime this year.
1) Will java and javac be actual stand-alone applications, MPW tools,
CodeWarrior plug-in compilers, or what?
2) MacWeek only mentions the browser. Will the Mac version be the full
java implementation?
3) If so, how will things like System.out.println() work when running the
java interpreter? Where will the output go? (important for learning the
language and debugging)
4) How wiil native methods be implemented in the Mac version? Code
resources, Code Fragment Manager, Apple Shared Library Manager, SOM?
Thanks
Ed
Ed Anuff
edanuff@protagonist.com
http://www.protagonist.com/
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