On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:26:48 -0400, "Paul W. Frields" <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> said: > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > From: Gary Benson <gbenson@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: FWN/Issue133 > > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:38:20 +0100 > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a minor correction. I was just reading FWN 133, and in this bit: > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue133#Java.2C_So_Many_Free_Choices <snip correction> > For the editors -- Is this worth considering a correction? > > Paul It certainly is. I really appreciate the time that Gary took to clear up this confusion and am including the following erratum in this weeks FWN#136. It's great to get feedback from the experts. I hope the following is more accurate. Erratum: FWN#133 "Shark" is a JIT not a VM GaryBenson kindly corrected an error in FWN#133 "Java, So Many Free Choices"[1] which reported on the work being done by Red Hat engineers to expand the availability of a FOSS Java across more architectures. The gist of the correction is that ''shark'' is not a Virtual Machine(VM) as stated in the article. Gary explained that OpenJDK is composed of a VM named "HotSpot" and a class library. "HotSpot" runs on a limited number of architectures and so there have been two independent attempts to increase VM coverage. One of these is named ''cacao'' and while it was a promising project it was uncertain how well it would work. The other is a Red Hat initiative to explicitly port HotSpot to more architectures by providing an interpreter named ''zero''. As ''zero'' is solely an interpreter it is slow and in need of a JIT. This JIT could well end up being ''Shark''. Thanks to Gary for taking the time to clarify this point. We encourage readers to correct important technical issues and misunderstandings and can be contacted via "news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue133#Java.2C_So_Many_Free_Choices -- Oisin Feeley http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OisinFeeley _______________________________________________ Fedora-news-list mailing list Fedora-news-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-news-list
