DSL with jdk?

Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: DSL with jdk?
started by: zeitleser

Posted by zeitleser on May 28 2006,20:41

Hi everyone,
for my courses in Java-Programming I'd like to show the DSL "embedded" - Version to my class. We have no way to boot from a Live-CD, so a Linux-in-a-Box is perfect for me.
No problem, if the DSL had more than 50MB ... I wish I knew a way to implement some developing tools and of course the jdk into this Linux. How can I?
Thanks in advance, Tom.

Posted by roberts on May 29 2006,06:30

We can only offer the jre as Java is not open source and there are restrictions on distributing the full development system. If the Java jdk installs self contained into a single directory then it may be possible to make a simple .tar.gz of it as your own extension.

Posted by humpty on May 29 2006,08:34

eh? java has been here for 10 years, wasn't it suppose to solve all this? :laugh:

Posted by cbagger01 on May 30 2006,01:20

Java may be a multi-platform lang/environment but this does not mean that the development kit is freely distributable.

But I agree, it should be possible to create your own personal MyDSL extension by using the development kit binary installer and create a *.dsl or maybe even a *.tar.gz or *.uci if you can get it to install into /opt