hello?

Fri Oct 9 15:01:00 GMT 1998

Brent Fulgham wrote:
>> But what about runtime support?

You could visit the GCJ page at
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/java/gcj.html
That page claims that GCJ currently only reduces .java and
.class to .obj files, which as you pointed out is useless by
itself. But the page points out that the grand plan is to
produce stand-alone executables with all the trappings like
GC, threads, etc.
I think it was a case of mistaken priorities to develop the .java
front-end before the runtime executable support. Anyone can convert
.java to .class. Making a .exe is the real attraction.