Native code Java for YDL?

[Carsten Milling]

On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 04:17:15PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
> 
> Is there a Java for for the PPC that executes native PPC code, instead
> of interpreted byte-code?
> 
> If so, how can I get a copy?
> 
> I'm running benchmarks for a proposed "heterogeneous cluster computing"
> research project (20-50 machines running a variety of OS's, cpu
> architectures, etc...).  Most of the benchmarks are in Java.  TerraSoft
> is proposing their GVS-9000 with YellowDog Linux.
> 
> The stock Java for YDL seems to be interpreted-only and dog-slow. So
> we're looking for a native-code Java compiler/run-time (maybe
> "just-in-time"?) that will run on YDL.
> 
> 
> ADVthanksANCE!
> 
> 
> Rick
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There's gcj, a front end for the gcc which compiles java source/byte
code to native machine code. Have a look at http://gcc.gnu.org/java/.
I just came across these pages recently, don't know if/how it works
under YDL.

Carsten