Fwd: gcj can not import packages

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Bill Chatfield via java <java@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

> I understand that OpenJDK is available as open source now, to
> "replace" gcj. But, gcj still has certain advantages that OpenJDK does
> not have:
>
> 1. gcj can compile to a native executable. […]
>
> 2 gij is more memory efficient than OpenJDK at runtime. […]
>
> 3. OpenJDK only supports a few platforms. […]

I would like to add one point: GCJ can be used to cleanly bootstrap the
OpenJDK from source with a chain that starts with GCC’s C compiler, to
GCJ, to OpenJDK 6 (via IcedTea).

(The only wart is that later versions of GCJ rely on a pre-built jar of
ecj.)

This is why the bootstrappable builds project lists “Maintaining the GNU
Compiler for Java” as a collaboration project.[1]

[1]: http://bootstrappable.org/projects.html

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Ricardo

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