IBM launched the Eclipse project two years ago, providing a software platform into which Java development tools from third-party vendors could be plugged. Vendors such as Borland Software, Oracle ...

Eclipse supports a wide range of project developments, including C/C++, PHP, Python and Perl via extensible plug-ins. The IDE is cross-platform and runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

The Java Compiler in Eclipse Photon contains a new preference named "Compiler Compliance does not match used JRE", which indicates the severity of the problem reported when a project uses a JRE ...

Tools that might emerge from the project could cover areas such as: * Enablement testing, to run software in different language environments and to handle multiple scripts. * Translatability testing.