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                           Announcing: guavac 1.2
                     A free compiler for the Java language
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Guavac is a compiler that produces Java bytecode files from Java source files.
This new version of guavac was modified to compile using the new versions
of the Gnu C++ compiler, gcc.  For this reason, it requires gcc 2.8.0 or
later.

Guavac can be freely used and distributed under the terms of the Gnu Public
License.  This is an early release and may be difficult for non-programmers
to compile and use.

All materials needed to compile a Netscape/Explorer compliant applet are
included in the guavac distribution.  NO proprietary code from Sun is needed,
so other tool writers should feel free to include guavac in their systems.

Guavac was written in C++ to compile on any Unix system.  We are working
on a version that will run under Win32, but this has not yet been completed.
Guavac should compile without any major modifications using gcc 2.8.0 or
later, or a similar version of the experimental egcs compiler.
You may also need the binary tools included with the Gnu binutils-2.6
package, since many platforms have buggy linkers and assemblers that can't
handle C++ correctly.
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* You absolutely need these, or later, versions, of gcc, libg++ and binutils *
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A sparse little blurb about guavac can be found here:
     http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~engberg/guavac

Guavac sources are available here:
     ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/pub/dist/devel/compilers/guavac/

Guavac sources are mirrored at these locations:
     ftp://ftp.de.uu.net/pub/programming/languages/java/guavac
     ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/Languages/Java/guavac
     ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/languages/java/guavac
     ftp://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/languages/java/guavac

A mailing list has been established at Effective Edge for guavac users and
developers to exchange ideas and solutions.  To join the list, send mail to:
     majordomo@eecs.com
With this in the body (not the subject) of the message:
     subscribe guavac

We developed guavac with the intentions of including it with a large-
scale network simulation environment, but have since decided not to
commercialize guavac or any product based upon it.  We are now giving
guavac away under the terms of the Gnu Public License in the hopes that
other people may find it useful and contribute, in turn, to its future.

For (non-exclusive) alternate licensing terms, Java-related consulting or
support, or technology parterships, contact Effective Edge at:
     info@eecs.com

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