how fast can gcc with java be, compared with a jit

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Magnus" == Magnus Persson <magnus.persson@thephonepages.com> writes:

Magnus> When doing FIR-filters i have found that ibm:s jdk1.3 is 20
Magnus> percent faster than gcc-optimized c-code !

Have you tried compiling the Java code with gcj and seeing how it
performs?

It might still be slower.  gcj implements still strict FP semantics,
which is expensive on x86.

Tom