comple java code!?!? gnu?

[zskillz]

So the other day i was talking to my admin guy about whether or not I could run a java.class program on our linux boxes...

he said that i could run the byte code, but if I compiled it, it would run faster... i was floored.. I said "compiled!?!?!" .. he said something to the effect of "yes.. gnu has a compiler for java 1.3.x".


can anyone tell me more about this??

I'm truly curious... if this is true, i may not bother learning c++

thanks all,
-Z

[jkrohn]

http://gcc.gnu.org/java/

I take it you are against compiling using Suns Javac for some reason?

Jkrohn

http://gcc.gnu.org/java/

GCJ is a portable, optimizing, ahead-of-time compiler for the Java Programming Language. It can compile Java source code directly to native machine code, Java source code to Java bytecode (class files), and Java bytecode to native machine code.

Seems we both had the same idea.

[zskillz]

Well... I'm not at all opposed to the javac command. but (and I could be severly confused here...) I am under the impression that 'javac' creates byte code. This is fine and dandy if I want to run byte code, but I'm doing some computational work with this program, so if I can actually compile it and run it, then I could seriously improve my performance...

no I know that that the reason you do computationally hard things with other programs is because java bytecode is interpreted and that makes it slower, but if it's actually compiled, then why even bother making it otherwise??

I'm just shocked and pleased with this new possibility!

-Z