On Saturday 30 October 2004 23:04, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > Is it true that the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) includes a compiler for > Java that can produce Windows executable binary programs from Java source > code?
GCJ does this pretty well for Linux and the article talks about it doing that on Doze with Eclipse. But I guess as far as native Java programming was concerned, M$ was definitely a pioneer in this when it hacked Java to build VJ++ which could then be used to generate native Doze binaries. This was a major point of contention in the Sun-MSFT litigation. Of course M$ retaliated in its trademark style, by making all future versions of its software, Java-incompatible and the big fight continued to make headlines till the recent Sun-MSFT settlement. However as far as development using Java is concerned looking at Sun's recent overtures towards freeing Java, it shouldnt be long before we can develop Java applications using a free SDK. That effectively avoids RMS's so called "Java Trap" ==> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html and also speeds up the development of the otherwise sluggishly moving GCJ. > Read more here: > > http://www.networkingsmallbusiness.com/columnists/2004/071904internet.html > > -Sudhanwa -- /Sumeet Sumeet Madhukar Moghe��http://smith-morgan.mirrorz.com Heuristics are bug ridden by definition. If they didn't have bugs, then they'd be algorithms. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
