--- Christopher Granade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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.
bytecode is portable, but native objects are fast. So ideally, you'd use bytecode for distribution, and use native compilation for local deployment. cheers, dalibor topic __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
