On 8/26/05, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That said, is there any reason not to use the gcj development tools > already packaged for FC4? I am not trying to start a flame war, just > curious for my own edification?
Unfortunately yes. The new GCC 4.0 has great Java support, but there are still some API's that are missing (Swing for example). Also, most of the time, Sun's JIT complier still runs faster than code pre-compiled with GCJ. A GCJ pre-compiled version of Eclipse comes with FC4, but it runs faster as a pure Java app JITed with Sun's JVM. GCJ has the lions share of the attention in the GCC project though. It is progressing quickly and I suspect it will be first class in the next few versions. I typically do all of my development with Sun's JDK (and Eclipse or Netbeans), but I'll compile to native code with GCJ whenver it's possible. -Bryan .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
