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Foil 26 Java Features -- High Performance

From CRPC Lectures on Java Language Applets Graphics CRPC Annual Meeting Tutorial -- May 14,1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 Java interpreter performs on-the-fly runtime execution of the Java bytecodes which results typically in a satisfactory performance.
2 Support for generating native machine code out of Java bytecodes, viewed as intermediate compiler form, is also provided and useful for performance demanding applications.
3 The performance of the machine code, generated from Java bytecodes, is comparable to that offered by typical C/C++ compilers on the same platform.
4 Several of these concepts are in fact similar as in the OSF/ANDF project. Using ANDF terminology, we would call Java compiler a 'producer', and the machine code generator discussed here, an 'installer'. Default Java working mode doesn't use installers but directly interprets the intermediate form (this mode is supported in ANDF by GAI -- Generalized ANDF Interpreter).
5 ANDF model is in principle applicable to all languages. Java/HotJava system implements ANDF concepts for the Java language.

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