add iRATE to done with gcj

Tue Oct 7 06:54:00 GMT 2003

>You had mentioned needing Thread.interrupt() on Win32. Were you using this
>for interrupting a blocked I/O operation or for something else? Have
>you checked this out yet?:
>>Yes I did beg for Thread.interrupt(). However at the time we needed to 
make a release that would timeout quickly on blocking io. 
Broken(lacking) Thread.interrupt gave me such a headache that I worked 
around with a less pleasing sleep/poll solution.
I guess eventually we'll switch back to using the more proper .interrupt 
way. I'm just too busy with school to deal with major code changes right 
now.
Thanks for implementing it by the way. I appreciate it a lot.
If you are interested, there is another strange bug in gcj that's making 
irate impossible for some people. System.getProperty("user.home") 
returns c:\username at least on some win2k computers instead of the 
C:\documents and settings\whatever\windows\likes.
Could you also put up those magnificent crosscompiler build scripts on 
your website? When I have some time, I'd like to rebuild gcj with the 
latest cvs.
Thanks,
Taras