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Re: gcj compilation size.

From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
To: abhishek desai <abhi00 at gmail dot com>
Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:26:06 +0100
Subject: Re: gcj compilation size.
References: <898285d30908030414sa2ff105yccd185ecea9e5ca5@mail.gmail.com>

abhishek desai wrote:

> I have a simple HelloWorld.java file which prints data to screen.
> 
> When compiled to a .class file the size is 469 bytes. When the same
> file when compiled to an object file, the size is 1420 bytes. The
> difference is much bigger if there are lots of java files. Can anyone
> please explain why there is such a big difference between the two
> sizes

Java bytecode is very compact.  You can see why by reading the Java VM
specification.

> and is there a way to reduce the size of the compiled object
> file ?

Sometimes strip can help.

Andrew.

References:
- gcj compilation size.
  - From: abhishek desai

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