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Hello all, I downloaded the gcj source and had a look at it. It seems to be in a quite advanced state, so what I'm about to mention might not be of much use. I'll mention it anyway, though, since you probably should at least be aware of it... Over the last few months, I've been writing a prototype of a Java compiler. At the moment, BOCK (the prototype) is capable of parsing most of the Java language, and generating C for it, which is then compiled with GCC. I've been writing some Java programs as part of my PhD work, and they build with BOCK. It won't understand the whole language; it's only a prototype. Now that BOCK has got about as far as I'm willing to take it, I'm starting on the real version, Jackal. However, the reason I'm writing is to let you know that it's available: ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/slink/main/source/devel/bock_0.12.tar.gz There might be bits of code (unlikely) or ideas (possibly) in there which might be useful. (I don't actually think it's too likely, given how far gcj has got already, but, well, you never know.) BOCK is GPLed, and you're welcome to use any bits of it you find useful. Please let me know if you do. Cheers, -- Charles Briscoe-Smith White pages entry, with PGP key: <URL:http://alethea.ukc.ac.uk/wp?95cpb4> PGP public keyprint: 74 68 AB 2E 1C 60 22 94 B8 21 2D 01 DE 66 13 E2