Re: [Cp-tools-discuss] shape of the CVS

[Julian Scheid]

Nic Ferrier wrote:
> I haven't seen Stephano's work. I'm trying to support multiple
> compilers (not VMs - this isn't a runtime tool).

Take a look at http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/ , section Java Support.

> > My preferred approach is to have a conveniently named shell script 
> > which does something like [...]
>
> Yes. But not everyone wants that. I have a ton of class libs
> installed in /usr/local/share/java. I generate my classpath from them
> (see below the signature, it's a really cool way to get an extdir)
> and just use the command line tool.

Different people, different taste... no more to say.

> Some people I know use Linux features to automatically call the vm
> when the command line sees the class file magic number, giving class
> files the same status as perl or tcl.

Well but this has to be compiled into the kernel; the shell script
approach works for every system.

Anyway, I wouldn't prefer putting a "fake" Main class on the top level
of the source tree, but I wouldn't object either.

Julian