java prerequisite (Re: System Info)

[Leo Simons <ls...@jicarilla.org>]

Adam R. B. Jack wrote:
>>What's wrong with writing some Java?  ;-)
> 
> As I'm sure you are aware ... there is a strong feeling on this list that no
> Java pre-requisite ought exist, so Gump can be run in a 'clean' environment
> w/o worrying about CLASSPATHs and such.

I don't see "have a jdk installed and its binary utilities on the PATH" 
as a troubling prerequisite. Especially not if it is optional for 
additional java-specific functionality. It's only fair you can't get 
java debugging information unless you have java.

-- 
cheers,

- Leo Simons

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