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Re: [PATCH, libjava/classpath]: Fix overriding recipe for target 'gjdoc' build warning
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>, Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com>, "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, GCJ-patches <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:23:23 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH, libjava/classpath]: Fix overriding recipe for target 'gjdoc' build warning
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On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 12/08/15 15:44, Jeff Law wrote:
>> My inclination is to replace GCJ with Go, but Ian wasn't comfortable
>> with that when I suggested it a couple years ago.
>
> Because Go wasn't ready for prime time?
I don't remember why I wasn't comfortable with Go a couple of years
ago, but I think it would be OK as a default language today. I doubt
it runs on as many platforms as gcj, though I would certainly be happy
to see more portability patches. In particular, it doesn't currently
run on Windows or Darwin.
Ian