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<LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear &lt;<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>&gt;</LI>
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Since this is one of the largest bodies of opinionated, hard core coders I
know of, I'll pose the question here.  It's mostly off topic of course.

What would it take to compile java down into object code (.o files)?
It's not being done...but I wonder why?  I don't care if I have to compile
for each platform...if I compile just for win95 80% of my users will enjoy
a tremendous speedup....

On a similar level, is this what JIT compilers do?  If so, could not
someone write a JIT that produces an ordinary exe?

I must be missing something here....

Looking for enlightenment...


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<LI><strong><A NAME="00635" HREF="msg00635.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Tutorial: Let's build a Compiler! - Comments</A></strong>, 
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:Jon.A.Lambert#ix,netcom.com">Jon.A.Lambert#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 28 Feb 1998, 02:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00613" HREF="msg00613.html">[MUD-Dev]  Why not compile java into object code?</A></strong>, 
Cynbe ru Taren <a href="mailto:cynbe#muq,org">cynbe#muq,org</a>, Fri 27 Feb 1998, 04:58 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00610" HREF="msg00610.html">Tutorial: Let's build a Compiler! - Part II: Expression Parsing</A></strong>, 
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:Jon.A.Lambert#ix,netcom.com">Jon.A.Lambert#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 27 Feb 1998, 03:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00611" HREF="msg00611.html">Why not compile java into object code?</A></strong>, 
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Fri 27 Feb 1998, 04:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00614" HREF="msg00614.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Why not compile java into object code?</A></strong>, 
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 27 Feb 1998, 05:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00617" HREF="msg00617.html">Why not compile java into object code?</A></strong>, 
Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Fri 27 Feb 1998, 06:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00620" HREF="msg00620.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Why not compile java into object code?</A></strong>, 
Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 27 Feb 1998, 08:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00633" HREF="msg00633.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Why not compile java into object code?</A></strong>, 
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sat 28 Feb 1998, 00:39 GMT
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