Re: JDK build questions

2010-04-16 Thread John Rose
On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Kelly O'Hair wrote: > So often the raw performance comes down to the VM generated code Yes, that's the main story. Performance is strongly determined by code generated by the dynamic compiler (aka "JIT"). C++-generated instructions are rarely executed, apart from t

Re: JDK build questions

2010-04-16 Thread Kelly O'Hair
On Apr 16, 2010, at 10:24 AM, David Dabbs wrote: Hello. My apologies if these questions are OT for this list. On the premise that building my own binaries could yield performance improvements versus the Sun(Oracle)-provided binaries I've decided to tinker with building from source. * My firs

Re: JDK build questions

2010-04-16 Thread Martin Buchholz
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:09, David Dabbs wrote: >> > * If so, is it possible to build using Intel's compiler? >> >> You'll probably need to port, and to modify >> some underlying assumptions. >> I don't recommend it. >> > > I'm not sure I understand your reference to "port." The Intel > compiler

RE: JDK build questions

2010-04-16 Thread David Dabbs
> Subject: Re: JDK build questions > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:24, David Dabbs wrote: > > > > On the premise that building my own binaries could yield performance > > improvements versus the Sun(Oracle)-provided binaries I've decided to > > tinker with bu

Re: JDK build questions

2010-04-16 Thread Martin Buchholz
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:24, David Dabbs wrote: > > Hello. My apologies if these questions are OT for this list. > > On the premise that building my own binaries could yield performance > improvements versus the Sun(Oracle)-provided binaries I've decided to > tinker with building from source. >

JDK build questions

2010-04-16 Thread David Dabbs
Hello. My apologies if these questions are OT for this list. On the premise that building my own binaries could yield performance improvements versus the Sun(Oracle)-provided binaries I've decided to tinker with building from source. * My first question is "Is this a reasonable premise?" * If