Re: groan: installation

[Cedric Berger <cedric at wireless-networks dot com>]

velco@merlin.maxx.bg wrote:

> > > > > > "Cedric" == Cedric Berger <cedric@wireless-networks.com> writes:
> > > > > >            
>    Cedric> Tom Tromey wrote:
>    >>>>>>> "Per" == Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:
>    >>>>>>> 
>    >>
>    Per> Ant may make sense for RHUG, which is a set of Java
>    Per> applications tweaked/tested/ported to GCJ, and RHUG should
>    Per> probably include Ant.
>    >>  Last time I looked, ant used com.sun.* and couldn't be
>    >> compiled with gcj :-(
>    >> 
>    Cedric> That was probably for invoking the "javac" compiler,
>    Cedric> right?  In that case, it should probably be changed to
>    Cedric> either invoke the external gcj binary (since gcj has a
>    Cedric> faster startup time than javac) or the appropriate gnu
>    Cedric> class that invoke the compiler.  Cedric
>
> Excuse me, but I apparently missed it ...
Yes, apparently. start here: http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html
Hint: you're a poor developper with Windows2K and javac. Where is the 
Make command?

> What problem ant is supposed to solve that make cannot ?
And what problem Java is supposed to solve that C++ cannot?
Cedric