> On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >
> >
> > IBM has just released two fairly interesting Open Source project.
> >
> > IBM developerWorks released Open Source Jikes compiler
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> > The Jikes Compiler has just been released as an open source download from
> > IBM developerWorks. Some of Jikes most noteable qualities.
> >
> > - New mingw compiler support (Gnu C compiler for Windows).
> > - New cross compiled capabilities. You can create windows binaries under
> > Linux.
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, J. Mark Brooks wrote:
> I thought that java bytecode was cross platform by definition. Does
> jikes allow compiling java source to platform-dependent executables now?
These "compiler support" features are for compiling the source of
the Jikes compiler itself. Once compiled, Jikes will emit cross
platform Java byte code. Since the Jikes C++ source is available
for download, folks need some way to compile it. The "mingw support"
just lets people build Jikes with the gcc compiler for Windows.
It is actually kind of cool to be able to generate a jikes.exe
file under Linux, it means you do not need to reboot into windows
an run evil known as VC++. You can even test the Windows binary
under Linux using Wine inside the automated regression testing
module. It is all really cool stuff. If anyone is interested in
how this all works, I suggest that they get involved with the
Jikes project, the jikes-dev mailing list info can be found at:
http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/jikes/project/subscribe.html
Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc
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