Subject: Re: java compiler, anyone?
To: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme@exit109.com>
From: Kazuyoshi Kato kaz-k <kazk@yyy.or.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/22/1998 02:17:26
> > 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>>>

  You could use Xawi18n.h and Xwcslen(), instead of wchar.h and
wcslen().
  If your libX11.a doesn't have Xwcslen(), it's available at:

http://www.accessone.com/~stevec/libX11.tar.gz  (Thanks, Steve!)

, and send you header via e-mail.

  -- kaz-k