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From: Mike Amling on 4 Jun 2010 12:33

I do like jikes, but I've also gotten fond of Java 1.5. It occurs to
me that now that javac is open source, its support for Java 1.5
constructs could be ported to jikes, which is also open source. (Not
that I would expect that to be easy, nor even straightforward.)
I hope someone posts a reply that contains more useful information
than this message.

--Mike Amling
From: Tom Anderson on 4 Jun 2010 14:30
On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, Mike Amling wrote:

> I do like jikes, but I've also gotten fond of Java 1.5. It occurs to me
> that now that javac is open source, its support for Java 1.5 constructs could
> be ported to jikes, which is also open source. (Not that I would expect that
> to be easy, nor even straightforward.)
> I hope someone posts a reply that contains more useful information than
> this message.

When making caramel, you can prevent the sugar precipitating out of
solution by adding a small amount of acid, such as lemon juice or cream of
tartar.

HTH. HAND.

tom

--
There is no harm in being sometimes wrong especially if one is promptly
found out. -- John Maynard Keynes
From: Donkey Hottie on 4 Jun 2010 14:34
On 4.6.2010 19:33, Mike Amling wrote:
>
> I do like jikes, but I've also gotten fond of Java 1.5. It occurs to
> me that now that javac is open source, its support for Java 1.5
> constructs could be ported to jikes, which is also open source. (Not
> that I would expect that to be easy, nor even straightforward.)
> I hope someone posts a reply that contains more useful information
> than this message.
>

I use sun-java6 on all my machines. No need for kaffe or jikes, sun
stuff works perfectly fast and fine. Linuces tend to install some open
solutions by default, but they can always be changed to sun.

--
There is a 20% chance of tomorrow.
From: Arne Vajhøj on 4 Jun 2010 18:24
On 04-06-2010 12:33, Mike Amling wrote:
> I do like jikes, but I've also gotten fond of Java 1.5. It occurs to me
> that now that javac is open source, its support for Java 1.5 constructs
> could be ported to jikes, which is also open source. (Not that I would
> expect that to be easy, nor even straightforward.)
> I hope someone posts a reply that contains more useful information than
> this message.

The fact that SUN's Java compiler is now open source does
not really help other compilers much (unless they are written in
Java as well and under GPL license code can be reused).

There are not much big secrets in the Java compiler anyway.

I am no aware of anyone updating Jikes for 1.5/1.6.

Without having ever looked at the source code, then
my expectation would be that it would not be so hard
to update the compiler. It should be very basic
compiler stuff.

Arne
From: Roedy Green on 5 Jun 2010 13:59
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:33:45 -0500, Mike Amling <mamling(a)rmcis.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>
> I do like jikes, but I've also gotten fond of Java 1.5. It occurs to
>me that now that javac is open source, its support for Java 1.5
>constructs could be ported to jikes, which is also open source. (Not
>that I would expect that to be easy, nor even straightforward.)
> I hope someone posts a reply that contains more useful information
>than this message.

ANT + Javac.exe 6 is so fast that the need for Jikes is not so
pressing.

What is needed is something to translate the abstruce Javac.exe error
messages into English. This might be a much simpler project than
porting all of Jikes. You take the various error messages and
transform and annotate them. You could use Jike's open source
wordings and the "translations" in the Java glossary under
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/compileerrormessages.html

You might optionally generate the error message in HTML as I do.
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com

Have you ever noticed that any computer search in the movies, is always linear, with, for example, candidate fingerprints flashing up on the screen one after another? The public is still under the delusion that electronic files are microscopic filing cabinets made out of tiny wires or magnetic patches inside the computer. Most lay people are surprised that it is easy for a computer to file things simultaneously by a dozen different schemes, and that they can have any report printed in any number of different sorted orders. With physical files, they are limited to one ordering/access.
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