java

Tom Tromey tromey@redhat.com
Wed Sep 26 06:02:00 GMT 2001


>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Buell <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk> writes:

Alex> The java compiler present in the GCC suite only compiles java
Alex> sources into native binaries.

This is a common misunderstanding.  gcj can compile to .o, but it can
also compile from .java to .class.  libgcj also includes a bytecode
interpreter for several architectures.

libgcj hasn't yet been made to work as a netscape plugin though.
Patches welcome...

Tom



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