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| author | Brian Jones <cbj@gnu.org> | 1998-08-24 21:42:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Brian Jones <cbj@gnu.org> | 1998-08-24 21:42:18 +0000 |
| commit | 934c78362c9418f39cce2fbf2d2445224d08cc25 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b32d391d83d28e0af69f2df4bee62ed3b438d43 /README | |
| parent | f867ceebe62065f11a7d49fd6f45eef34776436e (diff) | |
| download | classpath-934c78362c9418f39cce2fbf2d2445224d08cc25.tar.gz | |
updated information on website, Sun JVM compatibility, etc.
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@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ -This is a "100% Free Java" implementation of the Java language standard -class library. Currently supported is the java.net package. Soon this -will be part of the "real" jcl project, whose goal is to provide a -complete clean room implementation of the Java class libraries that will -work with any JNI compliant JVM. - -See the file INSTALL for details on installnig -See the file NEWS for details on what is included +GNU Classpath, Essential Libraries for Java is the complete project +name for a "clean room" implementation of the Java class libraries. + +It has become apparent through development that creating a classes.zip +which will work with the JVM shipped by Sun and ported to other +platforms like Linux will not be possible. A file in this directory +called NoJDK lists all the classes we know create problems with this. + +Eventually, these essential libraries for Java will work with as many +free JVMs as possible, such as Japhar and Kaffe. + +See the file INSTALL for details on installing. +See the file NEWS for details on what is included. See the various TODO and BUGS files in subdirectories for things that might not work right or that need to be implemented. -Send comments/bug reports to arenn@urbanophile.com - +Send comments/bug reports to classpath@gnu.org. There is a website +devoted to GNU Classpath at www.classpath.org. |