Re: libgcj 3.4.6 vs 4.x.x

On 01/06/2010 01:57 PM, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> 2010/1/6 Andrew Haley <[email protected]>:
>> On 01/06/2010 12:59 PM, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>>> 2010/1/6 Andrew Haley <[email protected]>:
>>>> On 01/06/2010 11:37 AM, abhishek desai wrote:
>>>>> Is there any documentation about the enhancements in gcj/libgcj
>>>>> between versions 3.4.6 and gcc version 4.x.x ? I tried to compare the
>>>>> changelog but it did not help much as the changelogs are of two
>>>>> different versions.
>>>>
>>>> It's mostly just better and better coverage of the language.
>>>>
>>>> The key difference was gcj 4.3, which bumped the spec to 1.5, bringing
>>>> annotations and templates.
>>>
>>> Templates? What are templates?
>>
>> No smiley?
> 
> Yeah, sorry, forgot the smiley... :-) there we go
> 
>> OK, generics then.  Same thing.  More or less...  :-)
> 
> The main difference is ...

Yes, we know, really.

> I was corrected for making the same comparison a long time back when I
> first started working on Classpath (though not by you).  So couldn't
> resist the temptation of pointing out they aren't the same ;-)

Ah, that's OK then.  :-)

Andrew.