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On 24/01/13 12:37, Ezekiel wrote:
> "cipher"<cipher@nospamforme.org>  wrote in message
> news:69nu6g.hrq.19.6@news.alt.net...
>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:20:33 -0500, Arne Vajh�j Inscribed upon the Golden
>> Tablets of Usenet thusly:
>>
>>
>> Additionally, at least one major software outfit, Libre Office, has
>> announced their intentions to scrap Java in favor of another solution.
>> As it is, only the DB portion of LO relies on Java...
>>
>
> Say what???   How did you come up with that ridiculous conclusion?
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Java
>
> <quote>
> What pieces of LibreOffice are written in Java?
> (The list of java code in LibreOffice is constantly changing. This list was
> last updated in May 2012)

[snip]

Interestingly that document also states

<quote>
Building LibreOffice without Java

Compile LibreOffice with the flag --without-java
(As of April 2012, building without java was successful)
</quote>

Not sure what this means in terms of critical code written in Java.
Unfortunately the supplied link seems to be broken.

lipska

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