GCJ Version compatibility

[David Daney]

NightStrike wrote:
> On 11/1/07, David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com> wrote:
>> Andrew Haley wrote:
>>> NightStrike writes:
>>>  > What version of Java is the latest release of GCJ compatible with?
>>>  > For instance, Java 1.5 adds enumeration support.  Does gcj support
>>>  > Java 1.5?
>>>
>>> It is intended to be compatible with that version of the Java
>>> specification, yes.  However it hasn't officially been tested for Java
>>> 1.5 compatiblity.
>>>
>> This is only true if you consider the 'latest release' to be the
>> currently unreleased 4.3.
>>
>> The 1.5 features are available starting in the as yet unreleased version
>> 4.3.
> 
> Do you happen to know, then, what the java compatibility is with GCC
> 4.2.2, the current stable release?

More or less 1.4.

With GCJ, you really have to try it and see if it will work for your 
specific requirements.  It is not tested with any compatibility 
testsuite, so we don't certify that it fully implements anything.

David Daney