Subject: Re: java compiler, anyone?
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme@exit109.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/15/1998 23:54:46
> If you are looking for a java *compiler* and not a java *VM* you may want
> to look at IBM's Jikes on (iirc) {www.}alphaworks.ibm.com. They have just
> jumped on the opensource bandwaggon - the thing is said to build on L*nux,
> so I don't see why it shouldn't build on NetBSD.

I started looking at Jikes with the idea of building it on my NetBSD/sparc
system. The big problem seems to be that the Jikes code is heavily
dependant on the Unicode support in Linux. Specifcally, most files try
to #include <wchar.h> as well as make calles to wcslen(), neither of
which seem to be supported on NetBSD (1.3.2, at least).

<<<John>>>