Mark Mitchell wrote:
The Eclipse compiler is source->bytecode, right?
Yes. It is obvious integrated into Eclipse, but it can also
be run as a standalone executable. It is said to be quite fast.
Anthony did a "port" of ecj to RHUG, allowing it to be built
using gcj, but it hasn't been updated in a year.
Boostrapping shouldn't be a problem. We or Eclipse can provide
ecj as a .jar, and our bytecode->native compiler can compile that.
You definitely have no obligation here, and I don't think Zack or I
meant to imply that you did. It was just like "wow, it would sure be
cool if Per would do this."
It would be nice if we could make --enable-mapped-location the default
for 3.5/4.0, but that does require fixing the other frontends.