From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25257 invoked by alias); 16 Aug 2014 10:33:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact java-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: java-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 25244 invoked by uid 89); 16 Aug 2014 10:33:39 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-wg0-f48.google.com Received: from mail-wg0-f48.google.com (HELO mail-wg0-f48.google.com) (74.125.82.48) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:33:37 +0000 Received: by mail-wg0-f48.google.com with SMTP id x13so3136742wgg.19 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:33:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.180.102.105 with SMTP id fn9mr6068066wib.27.1408185214649; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:33:34 -0700 (PDT) References: <53EE496B.9020709@telenet.be> <53EF12B3.7000600@redhat.com> From: Brian Jones Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: <53EF12B3.7000600@redhat.com> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:33:00 -0000 Message-ID: <7858237597039208489@unknownmsgid> Subject: Re: Java > 1.5 To: Andrew Haley Cc: Ruben De Smet , "java@gcc.gnu.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00006.txt.bz2 Is gcj going to be archived and removed from gcc? No one works on it right? > On Aug 16, 2014, at 4:14 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: > >> On 15/08/14 18:54, Ruben De Smet wrote: >> Dear java@gcc.gnu.org list, >> >> I've gotten to compile some things with GCJ (hooray!) which don't run >> fine (ooooh). If I don't come to run it on my own, I'll certainly file a >> bug report or contact this list. >> >> I would like to avoid having to distribute a Java runtime to users, but >> my teammate is writing code in Java 1.7. I read GCJ only understands 1.5. >> >> Is there any development going on for Java 1.7? Would it be a lot of >> work to implement some Java 1.7 features? I would take it on me if needed. > > Right now there's not much prospect of that. The problem is the class > libraries, which would require a lot of work. The best prospect is to > convert libgcj to use the libraries from OpenJDK, which would work, > but again the conversion would take maybe 6 months for someone who > knows gcj very well, along with some compiler changes. It could be > done, but there needs to be a compelling reason. > >> There were two things I noticed with my teammates code that were using >> 1.7 features. @Override on interfaces and multi exception catch (like >> catch (IOException | OtherException e) ). > > I'm sure it's possible. > > Andrew.