New module: jikes

[Nathan Huizinga]

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Hi,

A new module for the moonbase: jikes
"Jikes is an opensource Java compiler written in C++."

Nathan.

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          MODULE=jikes
         VERSION=1.21
          SOURCE=$MODULE-$VERSION.tar.bz2
SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$MODULE-$VERSION
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      SOURCE_VFY=md5:4e45eeab4c75918174e16ea2b695d812
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         ENTERED=20040525
         UPDATED=20040525
           SHORT="Jikes is an opensource Java compiler written in C++."
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Jikes is a compiler that translates Java source files as defined in The Java Language Specification into the bytecoded instruction set and binary format defined in The Java Virtual Machine Specification.

You may wonder why the world needs another Java compiler, considering that Sun provides javac free with its SDK. Jikes has five advantages that make it a valuable contribution to the Java community:

    * Open source. Jikes is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.
    * Strictly Java compatible. Jikes strives to adhere to both The Java Language Specification and The Java Virtual Machine Specification as tightly as possible, and does not support subsets, supersets, or other variations of the language. The FAQ describes some of the side effects of this strict language conformance.
    * High performance. Jikes is a high performance compiler, making it ideal for use with larger projects.
    * Dependency analysis. Jikes performs a dependency analysis on your code that provides two very useful features: Incremental builds and makefile generation.
    * Constructive Assistance. Jikes strives to help the programmer write better code in two key ways. Jikes has always strived to provide clear error and warning text to assist the programmer in understanding problems, and now with release 1.19 Jikes helps point out common programming mistakes as documented in Effective Java. 
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