How is GCJ different from Sun Java?

Brian Dessent brian@dessent.net
Tue Nov 8 17:02:00 GMT 2005


"Ernest L. Williams Jr." wrote:

> Can someone explain what is the gcj in the GCC software?
> How is it different from Sun Java?

http://gcc.gnu.org/java/index.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/java/faq.html

> Does gcj need a jvm? Does the jvm come from GNU?

No, gcj is a compiler that generates native machine code.

Brian



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