32-bit JVM

[Stephen Bannasch]

At 11:14 AM +0100 10/22/12, Martijn Verburg wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I think it's a case that more people in the community need to be
>willing to help support the 32-bit Mac OS X builds for the long haul.
>Henri is obviously supportive :-) - Heinz, I'm not sure you'd have the
>time to commit to this as well? There probably needs to be a small
>group of folks for that port to be well-maintained.
>
>The sad reality is that 32-bit Mac is dying out, perhaps there are
>specific mailing lists/communities that you can reach out to?

The main reason I want the 32-bit options is to support existing native libraries that are 32-bit only and can't be easily adapted to work as 64-bit libraries.

We have both Java Web Start applications and invisible Java applets that support access to probeware interfaces from companies like Pasco, Vernier, etc.

Our target is K-12 Math, Science, and engineering education.

Our code is open-source but the drivers we work with are often not open-source.

Almost none of these features work anymore.

FYI:

  http://lab.concord.org/
  http://lab.concord.org/experiments/goio-sensor-grapher/index.html