This is Kaffe, a virtual machine design to execute Java bytecode. This machine can be configured in two modes. In one mode it operates as a pure bytecode interpreter (not unlike Javasoft's machine); in the second mode if performs "just-in-time" code conversion from the abstract code to the host machine's native code. This will ultimately allow execution of Java code at the same speed as standard compiled code but while maintaining the advantages and flexibility of code independence. Running Kaffe ============= Before running Kaffe it is necessary to configure the environment. This requires the setting of CLASSPATH, KAFFEHOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH. For the standard installation these would be defined as follows: CLASSPATH=.:${PREFIX}/share/kaffe/classes.zip KAFFEHOME=${PREFIX}/share/kaffe LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:${PREFIX}/lib You can run "sh ${PREFIX}/share/kaffe/ENVIRONMENT" to have these set for you. The value ${PREFIX} above is whatever LOCALBASE is set to in the environment, or in /etc/mk.conf, when the package was installed on NetBSD. By default this is /usr/pkg. What's in there =============== For further info see the file README that comes with the distribution. ---- * Java and Javasoft are registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.