Re: Classpath build process and VM-specific issues

[Dalibor Topic]

Etienne Gagnon wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As most people dislike the m4 approach without even having a look at it
> (just remembering m4 as used in auto* stuff...), I will no push for this
> further.  I have no time for religious wars.

I'd like to say that I wouldn't mind the m4 approach since I'm 
interested in sharing as much as possible of the necessary class library 
work between different VMs [1]. Alas, Kaffe is not ready for that yet, 
and it may take another few months till we switch completely to GNU 
Classpath for our class library. But then I'd be glad to do the guinea 
pig bit for such an integration.

I also think providing as much as possible in pure java is the way to 
go, and such I guess I agree with most of what's been said here.

cheers,
dalibor topic

[1] Other parts, too, of course.