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Re:Bazel 1.0 by paulddraper on Friday October 18, 2019 @02:09PM (#21293687)
> we can't bootstrap openJDK on ARM

Irrespective of Bazel, that's an lot of software than can't run on NixOS ARM, including build-related stuff:

* Elasticsearch, Cassandra

* Eclipse, IntelliJ, Netbeans

* Jenkins

* Java toolchain, Android toolchain

> (ironic given it being advertised as a cross platform language

Indeed that is one of Java's hallmark features. Servers, desktops, phones, toasters.

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FWIW it's not unheard of to require compiling on one platform for another. This is how most of the embedded world works.

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