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Re: java
- To: <alex dot buell at tahallah dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: java
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Date: 26 Sep 2001 07:12:18 -0600
- Cc: Julien Frison <k_clinik at caramail dot com>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109261316050.28059-100000@tahallah.demon.co.uk>
- Reply-To: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Buell <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk> writes:
Alex> The java compiler present in the GCC suite only compiles java
Alex> sources into native binaries.
This is a common misunderstanding. gcj can compile to .o, but it can
also compile from .java to .class. libgcj also includes a bytecode
interpreter for several architectures.
libgcj hasn't yet been made to work as a netscape plugin though.
Patches welcome...
Tom