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Probably the biggest problem with the current javah-based package is the tremendous difficulty using existing native libraries - there's no reverse version of javah that sucks up existing header files and produces a set of Java classes filled with native keywords that automatically binds.

DLLCC in VW does parse header files and produce classes and bindings. What were those Sun guys thinking? And they say that us Smalltalkers live on an island....