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Re: java.net: Classpath vs. libgcj Comparison
- To: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at sigma6 dot com>
- Subject: Re: java.net: Classpath vs. libgcj Comparison
- From: Matt Welsh <mdw at cs dot berkeley dot edu>
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:14:34 -0700
- cc: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>, green at cygnus dot com, java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, arenn at urbanophile dot com
- Reply-To: Matt Welsh <mdw at cs dot berkeley dot edu>
Jeff Sturm <jsturm@sigma6.com> writes:
>
> Unless the classpath code somehow avoids these problems, I don't
> recommend caching address lookups.
The danger, of course, is that by fixing JDK bugs you are making gcj less
compatible with applications originally implemented in the JDK. In general
a compile-time option for "JDK_COMPATIBLE_BUGS" might be a good idea.