CACAO 0.99.4 released.
This is a bug-fix release. Here is a short list of the most important
changes:
* New subtype checking code fixes unexpected class cast exceptions
and no longer needs critical sections in JIT code.
* Fixed race condition in patcher subsystem which caused illegal
instructions and segmentation faults (PR85).
* Fixed PR112, PR116, PR118, PR122.
CACAO uses GNU Classpath as default Java runtime library and supports
upstream releases or CVS snapshots. This release requires GNU
Classpath 0.96 or higher to build and was tested against GNU Classpath
0.97.2 on a number of various platforms.
CACAO's ./configure has some options for Java runtime configuration,
namely:
--with-java-runtime-library=<type>
--with-java-runtime-library-prefix=<dir>
--with-java-runtime-library-classes=<path>
--with-java-runtime-library-libdir=<dir>
For detailed information, use ./configure --help.
Currently supported JIT compiler architectures are:
* alpha
* arm
* i386
* m68k (broken)
* mips
* powerpc
* powerpc64
* s390
* sparc64
* x86_64
Information about working applications and some screenshots can be
found on http://www.cacaovm.org/.
The CACAO wiki can be found here:
http://c1.complang.tuwien.ac.at/cacaowiki/
The CACAO mailing lists can be found here:
http://c1.complang.tuwien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/
Nightly test runs with CACAO Mercurial tip, GNU Classpath CVS head and
Mauve CVS head can be found on
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/cacaojvm/jvmtester/.
CACAO 0.99.4 can be downloaded from
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/cacaojvm/download/cacao-0.99.4/
File : cacao-0.99.4.tar.gz
md5sum : c5e6525c5212ddbb6026e4a7cde37ca6
sha1sum: d9d159f8f905a9fa53ea7ae0f50a442dbd6b5e84
File : cacao-0.99.4.tar.bz2
md5sum : 63220327925ace13756ae334c55a3baa
sha1sum: e786a21c0f3f8fc1394e5a2a7a3e5607116760ec
Enjoy!
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