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JOPA: Java compiler in C++, Jikes modernized to Java 6 with Claude

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JOPA: Java Object Program Assembler

A totally Claude'd effort in modernizing jikes , the historical independent javac implementation in C++.

Could be useful for bootstrap purposes.

Java 5 & 6 Support

This fork adds comprehensive Java 5 (J2SE 5.0) and Java 6 (Java SE 6) language features:

Java 5 Features

✅ Generics - Type erasure with generic classes, methods, and bounded type parameters

- Type erasure with generic classes, methods, and bounded type parameters ✅ Enhanced For-Loop - For-each loops for arrays and Iterable collections

- For-each loops for arrays and Iterable collections ✅ Varargs - Variable-length argument lists with automatic array creation

- Variable-length argument lists with automatic array creation ✅ Enums - Enumerated types with synthetic methods (values(), valueOf())

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