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Subject: Re: integrate jave into gcc and/or gcc generates java
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 +---- Anderson_B. wrote:
 | Assuming we want java->exe we could use the bytecode output of java (what would
 | be distributed for remote execution) and use as the input to the compiler.
 | Maybe we'd need more of a macro assembler since what we would have would be
 | sort of an assembler source code at that point.
 +----

If there is a stable Java syntax spec and stable JavaVM/library
spec then I would think that a little time with lex and yacc
like tools could take care of Java compilers, and probably gcc
front ends as well . . .

-- 
Gary Johnson                   "The numbers themselves may be our best tools."
gjohnson@season.com            <a href="http://www.digicash.com">Fed flip?</a>