http://gcc.gnu.org/ ... look at the Java support if you
want startup times that are as good as native code.
(And don't need Swing... GTK integration is in the
works though.)

GCC 3.0 includes a Java compiler, GCJ.  It's in code
slush now, soon to branch; "hope to release by the
end of Q1 2001".  

- Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Yavor Kolarov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 11:58 AM
Subject: JRE as part of Linux


> Hello
> 
> Recently an interesting question crossed my mind - is there a project for 
> "emedding" JRE as part of Linux system. By embedding I mean starting it at 
> system boot or the first time it's needed and keep it running, so that when 
> the user starts an Java application java is already there and start time is 
> shortened. One of the reasons lots of users avoid java is because even the 
> simplest application loads several times slower than its naive ecuivalent.
> I know about the kernel module that invokes JRE when you exec a java .class 
> file(with appropriate +x permission). But it doesn't keep JVM is not resident.
> 
> fYavor
> 
> 
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