Re: [Gnu-arch-users] java port

[James Blackwell]

I wrote:
>> I have one piece of advice. Bear in mind that arch is a gnu project. As
>> such, you'll be limited to whatever functionality that *free software*
>> java compilers can give you. In other words, no Java 1.4 features,
>> particularly their new io classes or swing.
>

>From address@hidden (Jan Hudec)
> The IMPLEMENTATION of arch is a GNU project. If this java version will not
> use any code from tla, I believe it is not limited by that.

The advice from the FSF to avoid the proprietary portions of a language
when writing free software still holds, no?


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