Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA12872; Sun, 21 Jan 96 22:44:00 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA15609; Sun, 21 Jan 96 22:43:57 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA23598; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 22:43:41 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA00751 Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:04:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA00705 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:04:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.lightside.com (hamby1.lightside.net [198.81.209.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA00687 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:04:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jehamby@localhost) by localhost.lightside.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA00224; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:04:03 -0800 Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:04:02 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Hamby X-Sender: jehamby@localhost To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Still no Java in Netscape?! In-Reply-To: <1900.822264582@time.cdrom.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 21 Jan 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > They need threads. > > Jordan Hmmm, well the version of Linux Netscape runs on (1.1.x and above, a.out) doesn't have kernel threads, so I assume they're using user-mode pthreads? If so, I guess it would be a bit of work to get those running with BSDI, though not impossible... Well, I guess the best thing is to show our support for a native (or at least BSDI-emulation) version with Java support, and in the meantime use the Linux version... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jake Hamby | E-Mail: jehamby@lightside.com Student, Cal Poly University, Pomona | System Administrator, JPL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------