OpenJDK / IcedTea is ###p

[Robert L Cochran]

Yeah, I'm sure. Been there. Done that.

Bob


On 06/13/2009 12:25 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Robert L Cochran wrote:
>    
>> Arduino software (from http://www.arduino.cc/ ) needs the Sun Java
>> version to run properly.
>>      
>
> Have you actually tried it with OpenJDK? Projects will often say "you need
> Sun Java" (mostly due to bad experiences with GCJ- or Classpath-based
> runtimes), but just work with OpenJDK. Plus, the code is GPL, so it should
> be trivial to fix if it doesn't work properly. If you have tried it and it
> doesn't work, please explain what's not working, people here should be able
> to help you fix it.
>
>    
>> I also need Sun Java for work-related projects.
>>      
>
> Again, are you sure you do? OpenJDK is 100% compliant to the JCK (Java
> Compatibility Kit, the official Java compliance test) and something like
> 99% identical to Sun Java 1.6 (it supports even several non-standard sun.*
> and com.sun.* classes and other implementation details, as it's derived
> from the same codebase).
>
>          Kevin Kofler
>
>