Problem solved!! If you follow the instructions on this page: http://beagleboard.org/project/java/
You will install the soft floating point version of Java. If you install the hard floating point version of Java, the problems of loading the native libraries (e.g. libc6 etc.) go away. On Friday, August 1, 2014 3:13:36 AM UTC-4, Datenheld wrote: > > William, I, too, do think as well that Java lacks support for some > features, in the JVM, too. > > I also don't think Java is the best language these days (speaking of > languages and not of the runtime). It is well behind the .NET platform when > it comes to pure languages, apart from Scala, but nobody uses that. C# for > example is the "better Java" in my opinion. > > I think the main reason why people pick up Java is because they know it > already. It is so widely used in the industry, especially in enterprise > software, that it is hard to compete with it. Economical factors play a > role. Because there are so many Java programs, many Java Programmers are > needed. And because there are many Java programmers, you write your > programs in Java. After all, when you write software professionally, you > got to make sure that you actually will always find people to build and > maintain it. With Java this can be done quite easily. And while I'd prefer > to code in Scala at work - you simply won't find people who want to learn > it or who already are proficient in it on the market. For managers, this is > a major downside. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
