On Sunday 24 June 2007 21:58, Søren Boll Overgaard wrote: > Hello, > > As part of my switch to a new job, I've been trying to convince my > employers to switch from C++ to java on an embedded ARM based platform. > > However, in order for the switch to be reasonably painless, we will need > a J2SE compliant (although we don't need any GUI components) runtime > environment for the embedded platform. I've been looking at various > alternatives based on GNU classpath (as well as a few others). They > include jamvm, mika, PERC, kaffe, gcj and a few more. So far, none of > the the platforms I've been looking at (except PERC, which is > prohibitively priced) support J2SE 5.0. Thus, my question is, can you > provide me with a pointer to a J2SE 5.0 JRE (GNU classpath based or > otherwise) which will run on an ARM Linux platform? Hi Søren, It really depends what you mean by a 'J2SE 5.0 JRE' -- what particular features have you found lacking in the solutions you've tried? GNU Classpath itself should support 95%+ of the 1.5 API, and, as of the 0.95 release, is only buildable with a 1.5 supporting compiler. Personally, I've been using JamVM with 1.5 stuff for about the last three years. If there is something missing, please file a bug with the respective project and let them know (GNU Classpath for library classes, the appropriate VM otherwise). Which version of gcj and kaffe did you try? These projects differ quite significantly between their current release versions and the version in their source repositories, and don't (as yet) directly use GNU Classpath, so there is some delay between code being written there and being imported into their own local tree. Hope that helps, -- Andrew :-) Help end the Java Trap! Contribute to GNU Classpath and the OpenJDK http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://openjdk.java.net
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