Speed Impact experiment on GCJ

[Per Bothner]

Rui Wang wrote:
> However, I wonder why we need optimization to make native machine code running faster
 > than Java bytecode?

What do you mean by "running Java bytecode"?  If you're talking about
Sun's JDK 1.4.x, for example, you're not "running Java bytecode".
The JDK hotshot engine uses a sophisticated highly-engineered complex
adaptive just-in-time compiler.
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