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In article <dbaum-AE5613.23485808012004@news1.starnetusa.net>,
 Dave Baum <dbaum@starnetwx.net> wrote:

> In article <5b803018.0401082004.5da503a3@posting.google.com>,
>  anonym1723@aol.com (Math1723) wrote:
> 
> > I wanted to find out what Java compilers with modern IDE's are
> > available for Panther?  I see that Metrowerks has a Java compiler for
> > CodeWarrior 8, but has stopped supporting Java as of CodeWarrior 9. 
> > (And I understand that Metrowerks doesn't support CodeWarrior 8 on
> > Panther.)  Borland had a version of JBuilder for Mac OS X which I saw
> > demoed at WWDC a year or two ago, but is it still available and
> > working for Panther?  Apple's XCode can compile Cocoa apps in Java,
> > but can I create cross-platform executables in Java with these Apple
> > tools?
> 
> Although unsupported, CodeWarrior 8 does run under Panther, so you can 
> use it for Java development if you wish.  Personally I really like the 
> CW IDE for editing files and the compile speed is great, but it has 
> always been a tad awkward launching and debugging Java apps (especially 
> command line tools that use command line arguments and/or stdin/stdout).
> 
> Xcode is also an option.  It doesn't require you to use any of the Cocoa 
> APIs so you can build cross platform Java apps if you wish.  Code 
> completion doesn't work with Java yet, which is annoying.  By default, 
> Xcode uses javac for the compiler, which is quite slow.  You can opt to 
> use the jikes compiler which is comparable in speed to CW.
> 
> Between the two I think CW has the edge in usability, but it may not be 
> worth the extra $, especially given the fact that it is unsupported on 
> Panther.
> 
> Dave

There is also http://www.netbeans.org/ which I havn't yet tried out but did DL it yesterday.
And there may be something at the IBM site....
respect...

Peter