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Re: Rmi compilation to native code
- From: John Leuner <jewel at pixie dot co dot za>
- To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>
- Cc: u_a1bargnesi at umassd dot edu, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:29:57 +0000
- Subject: Re: Rmi compilation to native code
- References: <3C7589EF.6070601@umassd.edu> <3C7591C7.3030009@waitaki.otago.ac.nz>
> >Hello. I am inquiring about the rmi implementation under gcj. Will
> >gcj compile my rmi programs? I know that gcj supports serialization,
> >so I would assume rmi works as well.
>
>
> Yes, RMI is supported in the CVS version of libgcj.
>
> >If rmi would compile to native code will the performance boost
> >significatnly?
>
>
> Maybe. The serialization implementation in libgcj does have performance
> problems, so its possible that these would cause RMI to be not much
> faster or even slower than the JDK implementation. AFAIK, nobody has
> done any benchmarking of serialization or RMI so its hard to say how
> well we do in that area. I would be very interested to hear your
> experiences if you want to give it a try.
What about functionality of serialization. Does it work? Is it compatible with the other JDK's?
John Leuner