-Is there a GNU Compiler for Java that compiles, straight on to Windows, precompiled itself already, without cygwin or win32? > Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:01:45 +0000 > Subject: Re: GCJ running question. > From: jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx > To: stargate7thsymbol@xxxxxxxxxx > CC: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx > > On 14 February 2012 07:04, Me Myself and I wrote: > > -Is there a Gnu Compiler for Java that compiles, straight on to Windows, > > precompiled itself already? > > Yes, from mingw32 or cygwin. > > > -Is there a Gnu Compiler for Java that runs on MINGW32, > > precompiled itself already? > > Yes, from mingw32. > > > -if not, can I be given a simple Windows 7 or MINGW32 script via this email list, > > to build my gcc-java-4.6.2.tar with default options and have it optimising and compiling > > java 1.5.0 style syntax? > > The README for the latest MINGW32 compiler says: > > * The Java language is absent, pending resolution of build issues. > The last mingw.org release offering Java was 4.4.0. > > If they can't get it building then it probably isn't simple. For more > details you should probably ask on a mingw32 list. > > You could try Cygwin instead, but I have no idea what version of GCC > that includes. > > AFAIK GCJ on Windows always does static linking, so will still produce > large executables even with the latest version.
