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Re: gcj and jikes

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
Cc: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>, bormisoft at digitizeit dot de, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 06 May 2003 10:53:56 -0600
Subject: Re: gcj and jikes
References: <200305061524.h46FOpCA032626@s02.canserver.net><3EB7D8C3.9060704@bothner.com><16055.57023.26757.748364@cuddles.redhat.com><3EB7E02C.1020902@bothner.com>
Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com

Per> On the other hand, I assume the Eclipse compiler is written in
Per> Java rather than in C or C++, which would be more difficult to
Per> use.

It is written in Java.  That leads to a bunch of bootstrapping
problems -- not impossible to solve, but definitely an added cost.
This was discussed at length in the libgcj-verifier-in-gcj thread.

The eclipse compiler is quite good though.  It is definitely worth
considering.  We'd face the same license difficulties (maybe more so,
since it has official IBM support, which Jikes no longer appears to).

Tom

References:
- Re: gcj and jikes
  - From: bormisoft
- Re: gcj and jikes
  - From: Per Bothner
- Re: gcj and jikes
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: gcj and jikes
  - From: Per Bothner

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