A new version of Kaffe has been released. Kaffe is a clean room implementation of the Java virtual machine, plus the associated class libraries needed to provide a Java runtime environment. The Kaffe virtual machine is free software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Some benchmarks are available too.
…but have you read all their “disclaimers?” They might as well say “don’t use this for anything.” I know they don’t MEAN that, but they make their own product sound unsafe and unfit for to be used.
It works quite reasonably, but don’t expect miracles. It’s just written in legal mumbo-jumbo language.
No word on what it does or does not support currently. I am a little uneasy with their emphasis on performance rather than reliability or features.
No word on what it does or does not support currently. I am a little uneasy with their emphasis on performance rather than reliability or features.
Java API compatibility : http://www.kaffe.org/compatibility_japitools.shtml
Compatible applications : http://www.kaffe.org/compatibility_applications.shtml
Surprisingly on the “Compatibility page”.
I expect it will be compatible with the same APIs and applications that every other JVM that uses the Classpath libraries is. Given that most of these Free JVMs use much the same libraries, it makes sense for one to compete on performance instead of compatibility.
Kaffe is Swedish for Coffee ^_^
No, it’s Danish AND Norwegian AND Swedish for coffee
Java is a certain kind of coffee (really great taste… I love Java Coffee.. uhhmmm).
I wonder why the project is called Kaffe.org
Det bäste ved svenskerne är jeres naboer mot sydöst
And I’d like to add that it is pretty much unknown outside the english speaking countries. If you ask for some “java” in italy you’ll get blank stares 🙂
Arabica, Robusta, and the like are the only known varieties.
But in Italy I can just ask for Cappucino
Uuhhhmm….
Anyway… this is off-topic… but uhhm….
Norway and Denmark isn’t on my world map
Haha :p
I have one word only for you
Skåneland
the last time i tested, the IBM jvm was faster than the sun jvm for numerical work – that was at java 1.4.2 – is this still the case?