"Pier P. Fumagalli" wrote:
>
> Christopher Cain at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > "Pier P. Fumagalli" wrote:
> >> Craig R. McClanahan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I haven't looked at Jikes, so can't comment on the suitability of any APIs
> >>> it exposes. Would someone like to look at this and report back?
> >>
> >> Last time I looked at the sources (when I was at IBM, 1+1/2 years ago),
> >> Jikes was not relying on threads, and had a decent code base (it wasn't
> >> printing error messages to stderr, but was mirroring its FILE * in an
> >> internal variable, if I remember it right)...
> >>
> >> If that's the case, it _would_ be possible (probably, but not guaranteed) to
> >> compile it as a library with some hacks and wrap it somehow with a nice
> >> class, with all callbacks we need...
> >>
> >> Should check the code at this point, though...
> >
> > That would be SWEET. I would be willing to help with the Java wrapper
> > part, but since I know just enough C to be dangerous, I wouldn't really
> > be of much help with that aspect. Are we talking a specialized wrapper
> > targetting specifically the stuff required for JSP, or are we talking
> > about a general all-purpose Java wrapper that we could possibly release
> > as a separate tool?
>
> Generic interface, of course :)
Niiiiice ...
> But I didn't say I'm going to do it... :)
D'oh! Maybe I'll have to send my men into your home again, and maybe
this time they steal your primary mod_webapp development box ... you
know, free up a little of your development time. =)
Just kidding. That really does suck to get your hardware lifted. Some
clowns broke into my townhome a few years ago and made off with a
Windoze box. As luck would have it, my revved-up Linux development box
just happened to be locked in a separate room at the time. I almost
didn't bother calling the police on that one, because I figured that
having Windoze 95 running on Compaq hardware would be punishment enough
for the thieves ... but then I remembered that they were just going to
just sell it for some smack, not actually use it. Anyway, sorry to hear
about your situation. That blows.
Seriously, though, based on your knowledge of the codebase, how much
effort would you estimate it to be? And how hard would you estimate the
C portion to be (assuming we didn't use JNI or some other Java/C
abstraction layer)? Would anyone else have the inclination and time to
have a go at it, too? Where would be the best place for development to
happen?
> >> Pier (ROTFL for the new MTV-ringtones ad)
> >
> > WTF? I must have missed that one. A pop-up web ad, you mean?
>
> Nope... New ring tones for your cellphone from MTV (only GSM in Europe, and
> the ad is _way_too_funny_)
I've often wondered why I couldn't have played-out bubble-gum rap on my
cell phone. Now I can finally hear "Who Let the Dogs Out" in all its
digital glory!!!
Finally, a way be a real live MTV "Jackass" without setting myself on
fire.
- Christopher
