Re: Why gcj? WAS: Re: Benchmarks (who has the fastest free VM)

[Michael Koch]

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Am Dienstag, 8. Juli 2003 08:43 schrieben Sie:
> Michael Koch wrote:
> | I currently search some performance comparisons for a german
> | company which thinks about switching to gcj.
> |
> |
> | Michael
>
> I'm new to the list, so excuse me if this is naive, but I don't
> quite understand the idea of gcj. It seems on the surface that
> precompiling defeats the purpose of Java itself: portability. If
> someone could please elaborate, I would much appriciate it.
> -Chris

Well, GCJ can compile Java -> Native, Java -> ByteCode, ByteCode ->
Native. So using GCJ isnt against portability at all as it can
produce ByteCode. GCJ can be used as a plugin for javac (and gij,
part of gcj, as plugin for java).

One reason to use precompiled Java is that it performs better in some
critical things.

Christopher: Please use a valid From: address next time.


Michael
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