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   390  Solaris            Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4 (with compiler version 5.13)
   390  Solaris            Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4 (with compiler version 5.13)
   391  Windows            Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 update 4
   391  Windows            Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 update 4
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   393 ### gcc
   393 ### gcc
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   395 The minimum accepted version of gcc is 4.3. Older versions will not be accepted
   395 The minimum accepted version of gcc is 4.7. Older versions will generate a warning 
   396 by `configure`.
   396 by `configure` and are unlikely to work.
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   398 However, gcc 4.3 is quite old and OpenJDK is not regularly tested on this
       
   399 version, so it is recommended to use a more modern gcc.
       
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   401 OpenJDK 9 includes patches that should allow gcc 6 to compile, but this should
   398 OpenJDK 9 includes patches that should allow gcc 6 to compile, but this should
   402 be considered experimental.
   399 be considered experimental.
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   404 In general, any version between these two should be usable.
   401 In general, any version between these two should be usable.