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Date:  Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:47:32 -0600
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Solly Ezekiel wrote:

> I have a question I haven't seen addressed in the FAQ and mailing
> lists.  Specifically, are there plans for gcj under Cygwin to support
> Java 1.5 features such as generics?
>=20
> The gcj web page (http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/java/) says Java
> 1.5 language support is available as of gcc v4.3, but Cygwin is up to
> only v3.4 of gcc.
[snip]

As you already know, the answer is no, not with the gcc version=20
currently distributed with Cygwin.

There are 2 available options, the first is free, the second is not=20
(includes SWT and other stuff), both are MingW versions of gcc 4.3 :

   http://www.thisiscool.com/gcc_mingw.htm

   http://jnc.mtsystems.ch/

Hope this is useful.
--=20
Ren=E9 Berber


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