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Title: Sun offers its Java source code free on Internet
Post by: redrumloa on November 13, 2006, 04:22:50 PM

HERE (http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/13/business/sun.php)

Ok, do we need an AROS bounty for porting it? :-D

Title: Re: Sun offers its Java source code free on Internet
Post by: _yak_ on November 13, 2006, 05:43:00 PM

Can part of it be downloaded now? Or have we wait till march?

Quote

All the Java source code is expected to be released by March, Green said. The move covers all Java technology, which includes software that runs on hand-held devices, personal computers and servers.

Title: Re: Sun offers its Java source code free on Internet
Post by: Piru on November 13, 2006, 05:47:02 PM

source (http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/getinvolved.jsp)

Title: Re: Sun offers its Java source code free on Internet
Post by: CLS2086 on November 13, 2006, 08:23:19 PM

Be the luck, be with us...  :-)

Title: Re: Sun offers its Java source code free on Internet
Post by: redrumloa on November 13, 2006, 09:14:11 PM

I'm not much of a (modern language) programmer beyond some simple Hello world or such  :-(

So.. My question is, would Java be as complicated to port as OO.o? Or is it as simple as a couple find and replace in Vi and recompiling?

Title: Re: Sun offers its Java source code free on Internet
Post by: _yak_ on November 14, 2006, 12:00:51 AM

@Piru

Thanks for the link.

Here's what I found:
HotSpot FAQ - How to build Java VM (https://openjdk.dev.java.net/hotspot/faq.html)
Java VM sources download page (http://download.java.net/.a2af6706b541c76a90f3597ee8e6a6eb/openjdk/jdk7/)
Build log (https://openjdk.dev.java.net/hotspot/build-20061012-1113.text)

I'm unable to find the dependicies. They only say that a linux-i586 or solaris-i586 machine with the appropriate compilers is needed. Additionaly, class libraries are needed but AFAIK that's not needed for the JVM compilation itself.

So, who's gonna try it first? :D
They say it usually takes 2 hours to compile it, well, probaby not on a 060 CPU. :)