Mac usage

[Alex Miller]

Would definitely be nice to have things work on the Mac if possible.

Alex Miller
http://tech.puredanger.com


----- Original Message ----
From: Ted Neward <ted at tedneward.com>
To: Jonathan Gibbons <Jonathan.Gibbons at Sun.COM>; compiler-dev at openjdk.java.net
Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 1:06:29 PM
Subject: RE: Mac usage


Most of the speakers on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour use Macs; I'd say
 that
supporting the Mac is, for us, a high priority.

Having said that, I don't want to speak for them; I'll forward this on
 to
them and let them sing out to you directly.

Ted Neward
Java, .NET, XML Services
Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Writing
http://www.tedneward.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: compiler-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net [mailto:compiler-dev-
> bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gibbons
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 9:19 AM
> To: compiler-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Mac usage
> 
> OK, here's a question I probably shouldn't ask because I'm not sure I
> want to know the answer ...
> 
> OpenJDK is currently targetted at the Solaris, Windows and Linux
> platforms. Mac is not a supported platform for OpenJDK. But the
> langtools component is pure Java and has had a somewhat more liberal
> notion of platform.
> 
> But, in trying out langtools on the Mac, I've run into some issues,
> such as the different organization Apple's Java product, most
> recently, the names of the subdirectories under ${JAVA_HOME}.
> 
> So, I'm wondering how much interest/demand there is for working on
> the compiler on a Mac platform.  I know there are folk out there that
> like the Mac -- I'm beginning to like it too, apart from hiccups like
> this. Depending on the response, I'll be able to gauge the priority
> of fixes for the issues that arise.
> 
> -- Jon
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