Yes, I agree completely. Additionally, Jikes also requires a more strict adherence to the Java standard than javac. The error messages are much more verbose and precise, as well, making debugging much easier. Finally, it has a command-line that allows you to output gcc-like error messages, allowing you to integrate jikes into the various Emacs versions (combine jikes with jacob & XEmacs, and you've got a pretty good IDE). -dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Summerfield wrote: > > The compilers won't make much difference to runtime speed. The fastest > compiler I've seen is jikes (www.alphaworks.ibm.com) which is about an > order of magnitude faster than javac and the compiled code of the one > program I test it on is a little faster. > > jikes is now my preferred compiler. IBM has some other nice addons too > including a GUI debugger written in java. > > Cheers > John Summerfield > http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. > Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.
