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From: jerijian@typhoon.seas.ucla.edu (Arthur D. Jerijian)
Subject: Re: Java & BSD ?  was Re: Will FreeBSD adopt Java like everybody else?
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Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 04:42:27 GMT
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	For what it's worth, Linux 1.3.100 supports Java executables
directly by means of loading the Java interpreter upon encoutering
a file magic number, similar to the way a shell is loaded to
execute a script.

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