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Re:How generics are implemented in Go 1.18 by kaba0 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @06:40AM (#30526199)
Actually, there used to be GCJ which was a free AOT compiler for Java
Re:How generics are implemented in Go 1.18 by madmax96 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @07:02AM (#30526379)
GCJ had compatibility issues. It never supported Java 1.5. It also couldn’t handle static linking properly. For a large-scale project it usually wasn’t an option.