On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 11:58 -0400, Oisin Feeley wrote: > 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 What a great way to seize the opportunity, Oisin -- making sure readers know they can write in with corrections! Well done. -- Paul W. Frields gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://paul.frields.org/ - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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