Rmi compilation to native code

[John Leuner]

> >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