[Bug classpath/22649] REQUEST: Update to Classpath webpage

[gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org]

Hi!

Now that a stable version of SableVM has been released, I think it would be
appropriate to update the web page. Sable VM is now the easiest VM to get
running with Classpath; specially the JNI libraries. Being an interpreter,
SableVM allows to debug Classpath much more easily. For example, you can call
Runtime.getRuntime().traceInstructions(on) and traceMethodCalls(on).  You can
also use a debugger like DDD to step one by one the execution of each bytecode
inplementation and inspect the local variables, stack and heap.

As I have already completed all the GNU copyright assignment paper work,
SableVM's native and class libraries are fully copyrighted by the FSF. I will
eventually hold a discussion on the mailing-list regarding the best way to
integrate SableVM's specific changes (which are not many) in Classpath's CVS.
The main current obstacle is that SableVM passes all the library code through
automatic code indenters: GNU indent for C code, 'astyle -jbs2' and 'cat -s'
for Java code. This, of course, inflates raw "diffs" with Classpath's CVS...

Thanks

Etienne


------- Comment #1 from from-classpath at savannah dot gnu dot org  2002-08-12 
12:56 -------
Please update the doc/www.gnu.org/... with what you think is appropriate and
update the request.


------- Comment #2 from from-classpath at savannah dot gnu dot org  2002-09-23 
04:13 -------
I've updated the comment on SableVM slightly.  Perhaps I should include
verbatim the part of paragraph one starting with "Sable VM is now the
easiest..."?  Let me know.


------- Comment #3 from from-classpath at savannah dot gnu dot org  2003-01-09 
02:44 -------
I did update the web page some time ago, no feed back since.  Will close this
for now.


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