Re: [Ptolemy] Ptolemy Under Java 8

[Rajan, H. [C. S] <hr...@ia...>]

Hi Jim,


Good to hear from you. Thanks for your e-mail.?


Main thing to do to make Ptolemy work with Java 8 is to update the compiler, the runtime will work automatically. This would involve taking a diff between Java 7 and Java 8 compiler javac compiler and applying that diff to the Ptolemy compiler. Unfortunately for this semester and early next semester it looks like all of the people who have worked on the Ptolemy compiler are tied with other projects. So most realistic option that I can suggest to you is to change your environment to Java 7.


p.s.: I have been wondering whether with support for latest features in Java 8, the Ptolemy language features can be implemented as a library as opposed to a language. If that can be done, keeping up with latest Java version would be much easier.


- Hridesh
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From: James Heliotis <je...@cs...>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 3:07 PM
To: pto...@li...
Subject: [Ptolemy] Ptolemy Under Java 8

Dear Ptolemy Users:

I cover Ptolemy in my AO seminar here every year. However, the precompiled libraries do not seem to jive with Java 8, to which I upgraded at the start of the semester. I downloaded the source, but felt overwhelmed by the amount of stuff in there.

Could anyone advise me on making an updated copy of the compiler and runtime?

My current workaround is to change my environment to Java 7, whose installation is still on my computer.

Thanks,
Jim


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