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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:22:44 -0800
Subject: Re: Javac, Jikes and java 1.1-1.3
From: James Duncan Davidson <duncan@x180.net>
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On 11/15/00 9:42 PM, "Peter Seibel" <peter@kenamea.com> wrote:

> Does anyone (esp. anyone working at Javasoft) know anything about the likely
> fate of JDC RFE 4164450 "Standard interface for Java compilers". It seems
> like it would be a pretty easy API to cook up and probably easy for compiler
> writers to support. (Much easier, say, than the JPDA). It's not like the
> world's going to end without it but it would put things like Ant's use of
> javac on a slightly firmer footing. (And would make the Javac task much
> easier to write, as soon as someone wrapped Jikes in a thin layer of Java to
> support the API.)

There's likely going to be a JSR (java specification request) on just this.
It's actually *not* an easy API to cook up, even though it appears that way.
But, it's something that I'm actively following within JavaSoftware right
now as it would make Ant's life much easier. :)

-- 
James Duncan Davidson                                        duncan@x180.net
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