Running other class libraries (was JINI support)

[s.zara01 at ic.ac.uk]

> 
> darknerd at best.com writes:
> > For Java, this means any Java applet could access compiled byte code
> > libraries.  Thus, if Kaffe doesn't support JNI, then it cannot use the
> > Java libraries from another vendor.
> 
> This is at best misleading.  JNI does not allow "any Java applet could
> access compiled byte code libraries", since Java already does that.
> The Java .class format defines a machine-independent ABI.
> That is the whole point.  Even without JNI, Kaffe can use Java
> libraries from another vendor. 

I realise this is a bit off the thread, but if this is the case, why
am I having so much trouble with Netscape IFC?  Its pure java, so surely
it *should* work with Kaffe+biss?
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Dr Steve Zara
IT Manager and Computing Tutor
Department of Biochemistry
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
zarasj at ic.ac.uk
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