[Swift-user] Java version to build and run Swift

[Mihael Hategan]

On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 11:17 -0300, Guilherme Gall wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> What version of Java should I use to build and run Swift trunk?

Oracle is the gold standard. The IBM JDK should work. GCJ never did.

The version should be >= 1.6.

> 
> I'm getting a NullPointerException trying to run even the simplest
> script in the examples directory (hello.swift).

Trunk may have its moments of instability. However, I cannot reproduce
your problem with trunk, so it might be helpful if you posted some more
details, such as the log or a stack trace if that is not possible.

Mihael