Re: Classpath on linux-ppc

[Anthony Green]

On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 14:34, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> The easiest is to use gcj with libgcj. This works perfectly on PPC.
> libgcj is based on GNU Classpath but a lot of merging work is still
> needed. (See http://gcc.gnu.org/java/libgcj-classpath-compare.html)
> Note that libgcj takes a lot of time (and disk space) to compile.
> It is certainly not the nicest platform to do quick write, run, debug
> cycles if you are hacking on the core libraries.

It's not so bad if you can do your development outside of libgcj.  For
instance, many new packages can be developed outside of libgcj and then
merge it in when you're happy (like a new javax.* package).  You can
also avoid native compilation and link times by testing with gij.

AG