This is the mail archive of the
java@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the Java project.
Re: stripping libgcj.so.4 -- lightweighting libjava
- From: Erik Poupaert <erik dot poupaert at freestyler-toolkit dot org>
- To: "Boehm, Hans" <hans_boehm at hp dot com>
- Cc: scottg at mantatest dot com, java at gcc dot gnu dot org, bryce at mckinlay dot net dot nz
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 05:55:47 +0000
- Subject: Re: stripping libgcj.so.4 -- lightweighting libjava
- Organization: Erik Poupaert
- References: <75A9FEBA25015040A761C1F74975667D01442330@hplex4.hpl.hp.com>
> I made a bit of an attempt at that in a talk I initially gave internally
> at HP a while ago. A (slightly edited) version of those slides now also
> exists at http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/files/unprotected/gcj2.pdf .
> This admittedly looks at things from mostly one perspective (mine).
The gcj2.pdf presentation is definitely a good read.
I guess some background required to understand the issues at stake, but even for
readers who won't understand the argument fully, it gives a good indication of the
amount of research that is going into GCJ.
I would recommend to link to the document from a more prominent place in the GCJ web
site!