GNU Classpath, replacement for Sun libraries?

Submitted by charlie.collins on Fri, 08/29/2003 - 08:50

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I had never heard of the GNU Classpath project before today. I know that may be lame, but so be it. This project aims to provide a totally free and open replacement for Suns proprietary classpath libraries. Pretty cool. Even though Sun is also free and they dont really bother anyone its important to remember that all that java.util or java.whatever stuff is proprietary Sun code. Using actual open code offers a bit more freedom and peace of mind. Note that there are also open JVM projects which are listed on the GNU Classpath page. Check it out, its worth a look.

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Re: GNU Classpath, replacement for Sun libraries?

Submitted by cooper (not verified) on Fri, 08/29/2003 - 12:11.

For the record, there are other implementations of those classes that are open source, the Classpath stuff, however, is GPL -- its a religious thing. The other thing is they are slowly merging libgcj and Classpath into one project, so classpath will maintain the APIs and gcc will maintain the AOT/JIT compilers and runtimes for the GNU java stuff. GCC (gcj) now is just pimp, though. Being able to compile tomcat to a single executable is just wicked cool.