Subject: Re: Java environments
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/17/2002 11:09:25
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 12:44:31PM -0600, Peter Seebach wrote:

 > Okay, I'm a bit clueless.  Let's say someone has "a java program" about which
 > I know only that "it runs on Mac and Windows systems".
 > 
 > What are the chances I can run it on NetBSD-x86?  What package do I want?
 > There's a lot of Java packages; I have no idea how to tell them apart.

Right now, I think Wonka is your best bet.  It seems to be a pretty
high quality Java implementation.

In theory, your random Java app *should* work if it uses AWT and not Swing.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>