Re: Re-4: [ObjectWeb architecture] just an idea for (Java) native compilation

["Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi -


> Hi, look at my presentation of this morning to the Objectweb 
> architecture meeting which present some micro benchmarks
> between GCJ 3.3.1 and Sun JVM 1.4.1 (JIT & Interpreted). [...]

Interesting presentation.  A few observations:

- Many of the sorts of language omissions that Java-- uses are now
  or should before long become available as compile-time options for
  gcj.  For example, memory consumption of gcj's libjava can be
  significantly reduced for given applications, when static linking
  is used.  Pointer/bounds checking can already be turned on or off.

- There is a qualitative difference between the value of proprietary
  JVMs and free ones.  Even if the latter only approach e.g. Sun's
  HotSpot performance, a free software supporter may still throw her
  support behind the free projects on principle.  This reasoning may
  be particularly sympathetic to a project like JOnAS that aims to
  provide a free software clone of an already widely implemented
  proprietary standard.


- FChE

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