First public libgcj release

[Bill Frantz]

>From: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
>To: java-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com <java-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com>
>Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 9:04 AM
>Subject: First public libgcj release
>

>We are very pleased to announce the public release of libgcj, the
>run-time component of GCJ, the GNU Compiler for Java.  This allows you
>to build executable programs from Java source, without needing any JDK
>components.
>
>Libgcj includes the core run-time environment, such as object
>management, garbage collection, thread support.  It also includes the
>core Java classes from java.lang, java.util, and parts of java.io,
>java.net, and java.text.  Many things (such as object serialization,
>java.awt, java.util.zip, and most of java.lang.reflect) are not yet
>implemented.
>
>Libgcj is licensed under the terms of the LGPL; see the file
>COPYING.LIB for details.
>
>gdb 4.18, to be released very soon, is Java-aware and can debug
>Gcj-compiled programs.  This release means that there is a complete
>suite of free software tools for compiled Java.
>
>For instructions on downloading and installation, and for more
>information on gcj and libgcj in general, see the Gcj and Libgcj
>homepage at http://sourceware.cygnus.com/java/.
>
> --The Cygnus Java Team
>
>