java compiler "sdk" ?

[John (J5) Palmieri]

"The gcc-java package adds experimental support"

It does not fully support all of the JDK features just yet but it is
slowly getting there.  Check out their home page for more info
http://gcc.gnu.org/java/index.html.

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 12:55 -0500, Justin Conover wrote:
> I'm starting to learn java and I'm a little confused with all the java
> "stuff" in rawhide, is:
> 
> # yum info gcc-java.x86_64
> Installed Packages
> Name   : gcc-java
> Arch   : x86_64
> Version: 4.0.0
> Release: 5
> Size   : 5.3 M
> Repo   : installed
> Summary: Java support for gcc.
> 
> Description:
>  The gcc-java package adds experimental support for compiling Java(TM)
> programs and bytecode into native code. To do this, you will also need
> to install the Java runtime library included in the gcc-libgcj
> package.
> 
> Comparable to Sun's j2sdk?
> 
> What would I use to learn/compile java code?
> 
> TIA
> 
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John (J5) Palmieri
Associate Software Engineer
Desktop Group
Red Hat, Inc.
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