On Wed, 29 May 2002, Larry Price wrote:
>On Wed, 29 May 2002, Ben Huot wrote:
>> What are the linitations of installing Open Office without JAVA. They are
>> really vague at openoffice.org.
>given that Openoffice and StarOffice are both written in Java, it would be
>rather difficult to install either without Java, unless you are willing to
>get deep into GJC (Gnu Java Compiler) and cross-compiling from another
>box.
Aargh. This will probably be futile, but I have to try to debunk this
strangely common myth.
STAR OFFICE IS NOT WRITTEN IN JAVA!
Examination of the Star Office 5.2 executables and libraries seems to
imply that most of it was written in C++, and that the Linux version was
compiled with gcc 2.95.2 and egcs 2.91.66. (I suppose it's possible that
it was written in Java and compiled with GJC, but I think it's unlikely--
the symbol tables are full of things Java doesn't have, like templates and
class destructors.)
But whatever the language and compiler, I can report that it installs and
runs just fine on machines without Java.
If Java is available, you get a few extras: the ability to run Java
applets (of course), and Javascript, and PGP.
- Neil Parker, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
