At 09:42 15/11/00 -0800, you wrote: >Does anyone (esp. anyone working at Javasoft) know anything about the likely >fate of JDC RFE 4164450 "Standard interface for Java compilers". It seems >like it would be a pretty easy API to cook up and probably easy for compiler >writers to support. (Much easier, say, than the JPDA). It's not like the >world's going to end without it but it would put things like Ant's use of >javac on a slightly firmer footing. (And would make the Javac task much >easier to write, as soon as someone wrapped Jikes in a thin layer of Java to >support the API.)
I am not sure who originally posted it but I think it may have been a response to people working with Cocoon2 project and they found it is impossible to portably do certain things in regards with compilation (ie Apaches JSP is Tomcat specific). So I am fairly certain it will go through in some form or another to support all the different serverside compilation practices ;) Cheers, Pete *------------------------------------------------------* | Despite your efforts to be a romantic hero, you will | | gradually evolve into a postmodern plot device. | *------------------------------------------------------*
