I'll second that. The GNU Java ain't Java: Java has a detailed testing process to ensure compatibility with the standard, and gcj has not been thru that.<br><br>Anyway, as someone mentioned in this thread, the question will soon be moot, as Java is being open-sourced, and gcj will (I suspect) just fade away. In the meantime, using the multiverse packages (and ensuring that you do a command-line "update-alternatives --config java" to choose the right one) is the way to go.
<br><br>Regards,<br>David<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Glenn Holmer</b> <<a href="mailto:gholmer@ameritech.net">gholmer@ameritech.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Friday 22 December 2006 13:01, Dotan Cohen wrote:<br>> What are the differences between the GNU and Sun Javas? I know that<br>> Sun invented Java and that it was just made open source. But what I<br>> need to know are what are the differences from a user's perspective?
<br><br>The GNU implementation is incomplete, especially as regards Swing (the<br>GUI classes):<br><br><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/java/status.html">http://gcc.gnu.org/java/status.html</a><br><br>--<br>Glenn Holmer (Q-Link: ShadowM)
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