[PLUG] Java, Jikes, and Linux

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

I'm sure there are folks on this list who'll be willing to flame me for
saying this, but as far as I'm concerned, I consider Java run-times or
compilers other than Sun's a dead waste of my time, and my
recommendation is that you do likewise. Yes, I know, the Sun offerings
are not free as in freedom, yes, I know about the "Java trap".
(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html). There is an awful lot of
good software out there written in Java; if it "happens" to work on
other environments, fine and dandy.

So ... take it to PLUG-TALK if you want to flame me. My experiences with
jikes and blackdown were negative; I gave up on them.

Keith Lofstrom wrote:

>I will be using a machine with a Java API.  I want to learn a little
>Java first.  I have both the javac and jikes bytecode compilers on 
>my machine.  I have built a couple of examples that work with javac. 
>
>I would prefer to use the open source jikes, butI have not yet gotten
>jikes to successfully compile my examples.  The only documentation I've
>found for jikes is the manpage, and the FAQ at jikes.sourceforge.net .
>I probably have an incorrect setup.
>
>Are there any Java folks using jikes around here?  Can anyone suggest
>more detailed newbie-oriented Howto's or tutorials that focus on jikes
>and linux?  
>
>Keith
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