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From: Steve Higgins <steve AT psp-digital DOT co DOT uk>
To: "'DJGPP Mail List'" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Java Compiler/ Virtual machine.
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:36:28 +0100
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Hi Guys,

I saw you talking about implementing a Java compiler in DJGPP for your Web browser (Do you mean compiler or virtual machine to interpret the byte code?).

Here are two pages worth looking at.

http://www.kaffe.org/    -  This is a free virtual machine - No DOS port but does port to Linux and Windows NT/95. The interesting thing about it is that it does just in time compilation of the byte code to 386 machine code.

Their sister project guavac 

http://HTTP.CS.Berkeley.EDU/~engberg/guavac/

is a stand alone compiler for the Java programming language. It has been written entirely in Gnu C++.

These two projects are being used to create JOLT

http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/jolt/

to quote its web page "The JOLT project is aimed at providing a freely available and redistributble implementation of Sun's Java language and tools".

I have not personally tried to port either of these projects to DOS, but I would think that these would be a useful starting point in writing free Java aware software without getting involved with Sun licences etc.

Steve.