Re: Why GCJ won't load my plugin when compiling bytecode?

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Alan Eliasen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/09/2011 04:24 PM, Bryce McKinlay wrote:
>>
>> Modern versions of gcj only compile .class files to object code. gcj
>> doesn't directly compile Java source code, nor generate bytecode.
>> (early versions of gcj did do these things, but it was changed years
>> ago)
>
>      Is this a permanent decision?  Is there any intention to make gcj
> compile from java source code again?
>
>   Can anyone give me pointers to where this was decided upon and announced?
>  I'm curious to see the discussion.

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2007-01/msg00027.html

http://gcc.gnu.org/java :

January 8, 2007
We've merged the gcj-eclipse branch to svn trunk. The merge changes
gcj to use the Eclipse compiler as a front end, enabling all 1.5
language features. This merge also brings in a new, generics-enabled
version of Classpath, including some new tools. This new code will
appear in GCC 4.3.

June 6, 2006
RMS approved the plan to use the Eclipse compiler as the new gcj front
end. Work is being done on the gcj-eclipse branch; it can already
build libgcj. This project will allow us to ship a 1.5 compiler in the
relatively near future. The old gcjx branch and project is now dead.