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Re: gcc web site note
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 01:35:50PM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Gerald" == Gerald Pfeifer <gp@suse.de> writes:
>
> Gerald> I agree, and am thusly forwarding this to our Java mailing
> Gerald> list to ask our Java hackers to add some information here.
>
> Here's what I came up with. This is incomplete, though.
> I'm sure I've missed things, probably including new packages and
> interesting updates to existing packages.
>
> Some specific questions:
>
> * Any new ports I'm missing?
> * Can someone send details on the improvements to the Windows port?
> * Michael, can you send details on java.nio and the updates to the
> protocol handlers (if interesting/significant)?
NIO has working buffers (direct and non-direct buffers),
fundamental file and socket operations possible.
We are using HTTP 1.1 and support the POST method now.
> * Any big gcj changes? Maybe compiling property files in .jars?
> Maybe the -findirect-dispatch update?
>
> Tom
>
> Index: changes.html
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-3.4/changes.html,v
> retrieving revision 1.89
> diff -u -r1.89 changes.html
> --- changes.html 14 Jan 2004 23:06:42 -0000 1.89
> +++ changes.html 23 Jan 2004 20:34:04 -0000
> @@ -455,7 +455,21 @@
> <h3>Java</h3>
>
> <ul>
> - <li></li>
> + <li>libgcj has been ported to Darwin</li>
> + <li>Jeff Sturm has adapted Jan Hubicka's call graph optimization
> + code to gcj.</li>
> + <li>libgcj has a new <code>gcjlib</code> URL type; this
> + lets <code>URLClassLoader</code> load code from shared
> + libraries.</li>
> + <li>libgcj has been much more completely merged with <a
> + href="http://www.classpath.org/";>GNU Classpath</a>.</li>
> + <li>Class loading is now much more correct; in particular the
> + caller's class loader is now used when that is required.</li>
> + <li><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/";>Eclipse 2.x</a> will run
> + out of the box using <code>gij</code>.</li>
Only with the NIO filelocking workaround.
> + <li>Part of <code>java.nio</code> have been written.</li>
s/written/implemented/. API was complete for 3.3 already.
> + <li><code>java.awt</code> has been improved, though it is still
> + not ready for general use.</li>
> </ul>
>
> <h3>Fortran</h3>
>