Re: [Gnome-print] Re: Gnome printing issues

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On 13 Sep 2000, Tom Tromey wrote:

> Elliot> The right solution (assuming Java is actually necessary) is to
> Elliot> come up with a free Java interpreter/JIT - fortunately other
> Elliot> people are working on that as a project outside of Gnome.
> 
> If someone can tell me what parts of the Java runtime are required, I
> can tell you whether gcj/libgcj (fully free, copyright FSF, etc) is
> suitable.  gcj can compile the whole Java language, and libgcj
> implements some (but not all) of the Java Class Library.

I think the specific use case is for printer drivers, where you need to
handle Java bytecode on the fly.

gcj is good for some stuff, but for things like applets and these printer
drivers, you need an interpreter/JIT, which I don't believe gcj can
handle...?

-- Elliot
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