Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Java for SGI

This is version 2.1.1 of SGI's Java software, a port of the Sun® Java Development Kit (JDK), shipped in two separate products:

java_eoe
the Java Execution Environment, containing the base runtime system and this documentation. Go here for its release notes.
java_dev
the Java Development Environment, containing the Java compiler, debugger, and related tools. If you installed it (including its documentation), then go here for its release notes. If not, you can get it from Silicon Surf if necessary.

This kit is based on Version 1.0.2 of Sun's JDK, with the following known bugs and changes from the 1.0.1 release. Further known problems can be found among the release notes below.

This software is supported on IRIX 5.3, 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4.

Java and CosmoCode

This version of the Java Execution and Development Environments is compatible with CosmoCode 2.1. If you purchased CosmoCode 2.0, your license will be valid for CosmoCode 2.1 as well.

Translation to MIPS Code

This release includes support for translating Java bytecode to MIPS machine code and running it instead of the bytecode in order to improve Java runtime performance.

For details, see here.

Installation Notes

Java Documentation


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