at the site the plugin request sited four options for plugins, GCJ was first
on the list, with Java SE 6 and 5 after that, plus another. I knew Java 6
and 5 would work; having used them before.
I wanted to use an open source alternative to Java. I loaded the plugin,
but it didn't work. So I loaded Java SE 6 and I was in business. I'm still
stumbling around here.
Thanks for the input. I'm setting up a second drive on a removable Drive
Bay so I can test things before asking newbie questions in the future.
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Neil Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BB wrote,
> >OK, I wanted to know if there was any reason to choose Java SE 6 over GCJ
> >for a political chat room, I attend.
> >
> >guess I'm going with GCJ till I hear otherwise, or it doesn't work...
>
> I'm at a loss to understand why a political chat room would care one way
> or the other which one you use. In most cases Java is a pretty
> non-partisan thing.
>
> Java SE is Sun's Java runtime environment. It includes all the pieces
> needed to execute Java bytecode, as well as the standard library routines
> that a Java program might call upon. An additional package, the Java SDK,
> contains the Java compiler, which turns Java source code into compiled
> bytecode.
>
> GCJ is Gnu's Java compiler. Unlike Sun's compiler, it compiles Java source
> code into native machine code (though there is a command-line option that
> makes it produce standard bytecode too). It also includes a bytecode
> interpreter ("gij") which can substitute for Sun's runtime environment.
> But GCJ's class library isn't complete...according to the latest
> documentation, some key components are still missing, including all the
> GUI support.
>
> If you want to run other people's .class or .jar files, then your best bet
> is Java SE. If you want to write your own Java programs, get the Java
> SDK. If you want to write your own Java programs and compile them into
> native executables (and you can live without graphics), then you want GCJ.
>
> - Neil Parker
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