gcj

[Andrew Haley]

John Pretz writes:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I am learning all about gcj and compiling java into an executable format.  
 > I was wondering if you know of any other compilers that do the same job as 
 > gcj?  I'm particularly concerned about speed, and I can get java from a 
 > factor of 2 worse than C++ to a factor of 1.5 worse than C++ using gcj, 
 > but I was wondering if you know of any others on the market.

There are a few.

TowerJ I know about.  See http://www.towerj.com/.  Oh dear.

Excelsior JET is a Windows thing.  I think it uses the Javasoft
libraries.

I don't know if any native compiler apart from gcj has free Java
libraries.

See also http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?thread=152969&forum=7&message=613700.

Andrew.