28.03.2008
A Lighter Version of nBB2 Released
nBB2, a Java counterpart of phpBB 2 forum engine is available in version 0.9.3. nBB2 was obtained using an automated translation process from PHP to Java performed by Numiton.
While the hybrid version of the runtime offers optimal system integration, it may have deployment restrictions on budget-friendly environments like shared hosting. The implementation of the hybrid runtime makes use of the PHP interpreter for some of the runtime function calls. However, in a shared hosting environment, operations such as process creation and sockets based communication are severely restricted or forbidden.
Quercus would be used for the few runtime functions that previously had an implementation requiring the presence of the PHP interpreter. Quercus is the Java rewrite of the PHP interpreter and exposes the Java implementations of the standard PHP functions.
