coolness

Wed Mar 3 17:01:00 GMT 1999

I just got back from Linux expo and saw gcj in action. I'm drooling
to get my hands on the runtime library to make gcj capable of doing
something. 
I got a couple questions.
1) AWT support: Any plans underway here? Classpath's java.awt is
using a GTK+ peer system which would seem to be a nice option. What
about other java.* goodies? Again Classpath seems like it could help.
2) Does/will the runtime include a classloader so uncompiled classes
can be used dynamically?
3) What will the license on the runtime be and will it matter? I mean
if I compile a Java app to an executable does this software have to be
GPL'ed because its has the Cygnus runtime library code in it. Would
making the runtime LGPL'd change this?
4) I think GCJ is going to finally make Java ready for primetime and
I'd like to help, what will Cygnus be doing to let guys like me help
out? I'm thinking along the lines of the egcs project (CVS etc).
5) Come to think of it will this be a separate project with its own
release path or integrated with egcs (talking about the runtime and
java library classes, obviously the compiler is integrated with egcs)?
6) I hear the GC and threads are pluggable, any docs on the interface
available?
If you guys need any help getting the first runtime release ready let
me know. I'd probably be willing to help with anything really,
testing/debugging, setting up FAQs, architecture docs, todo lists etc.
Thanks in advance,
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Tom Reilly
Live Software, Inc
http://www.livesoftware.com