Oracle Java 7 Developper Preview for OSX vs OpenJDK 7

[Dr Heinz M. Kabutz]

32-bit support is very useful for research purposes - I would definitely 
welcome having it back.  Otherwise it means having to also have Java 6 
available, just for testing purposes.

Regards

Heinz
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On 4/23/12 1:17 PM, Henri Gomez wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> I tested Oracle Java 7 for OSX today (Developper Preview release b21
> based on u4).
>
> I could see a 32/64bits aware JVM is available (-d32/-d64 &
> -XX:+UseCompressedOop) whereas it's no more case for OpenJDK 7 since
> Mac OSX Port has been merged into u4 branch.
>
> Putting back 32/64bits support in OpenJDK 7 for OSX was a point
> discussed many time on this list and macosx-port list but is still in
> pending state.
>
> Since it appears to be technically possible, could we have feedbacks
> and informations on how to bring dual mode VM to stock OpenJDK7 for
> OSX ?
>
> Cheers
>
>