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Re: Free Java : is native code the way?



[Please Cc replies; I'm not on the -java mailing list]

On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 17:13:45 +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> gcj fails on many Java constructs, and cannot compile "xp" directly. I had to 
> compile with jikes (which is a free program, also), and use gcj to convert 
> bytecode to native code. The entire sofwtare chain is free. Here is the nice 
> command line to build the executable :-)

I always thought the missing link for free Java was the lack of a free
standard Java library implementation (hence projects like
www.classpath.org); is that problem addressed now?

Ray
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