On 19 Mar 2002, Pete Chown wrote: > Daniel Rall wrote: > > > Does the bytecode interpreter [from gcj] handle class loading yet? > > Yes. You can invoke the bytecode interpreter directly with gij if you > don't want to compile. Gij will handle Class.forName and friends > correctly.
I actually tested GCJ ( in 'native mode' ) with ant, tomcat(3), crimson ( required by both ). It had some minor issues ( required few changes, inner classes are tricky even for jikes ), and few bugs in class loading - but I was able to get everything working. The good/bad news - it's was as fast as IBM JDK1.3 on linux ( which is the fastest - on my setup ). Beeing as fast as the fastest is usually good news, but I was hoping a bit more :-) ( the startup time is just amazing, you'll not realize you run 'ant' instead of 'ls' ) Costin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
