[Bluej-discuss] BlueJ and the Eclipse compiler

[Michael Kölling]

You cannot use BlueJ or Greenfoot without an installed JDK. Or write  
any programs.

The JDK does not only include the compiler, it also includes all the  
libraries and VM. If the eclipse compiler is just the compiler, you  
still need to download and install the libraries (which make up most  
of the JDK download). I don't think you would win much...

Michael

On 22 Jul 2007, at 02:25, Stephen Gilbert wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed in bluej.defs I could change the compiler to use jikes. I  
> wonder if it would be possible to
> change bluej to use the standalone Eclipse compiler? In my classes,  
> students start at the
> command line, move to BlueJ and end up with Eclipse. I'm  
> experimenting with moving to
> the Eclipse command-line compiler to avoid students having to  
> download the JDK. The
> compiler is about 1.2 MB. It also seems to give better error  
> messages for beginners than
> Javac does. Would this make it possible for BlueJ and/or Greenfoot  
> to be used without an
> installed JDK?
>
> -- Steve 
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