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RE: New xlauncher (was: Re: Success with Java prog in XFree)
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- To: "cygx" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 13:59:02 -0400
- Subject: RE: New xlauncher (was: Re: Success with Java prog in XFree)
Chuck,
> > I haven't had any comments on this program yet because, while
> it is a neat
> > exercise and will be useful for other work, it will not be
> distributed with
> > Cygwin/XFree86 until it is written in a language that can be
> compiled with a
> > free software compiler, preferrably gcc or g++.
>
>
> That's a bit harsh. If you're following the main list, you'll note that
> there is a large effort right now to get libgcj and the java extensions
> to gcc working, in the default cygwin gcc package.
>
> If you can compile java code with cygwin's gcc, then java progs should
> be just dandy.
>
> Of course, your java app must not rely on opaque native methods (e.g.
> the Java Foundation Crap^WClasses from MS)
That's fine about Java... but that last I knew this xlauncher was a Delphi
app. What have you got to say about that :)
Harold