On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Jacob Nikom wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I started to use jikes and like it very much. So I started to wonder,
> what are the disadvantages to use jikes instead of javac (SUN or
> Blackdown)? What not to use only jikes?
>
> Jacob Nikom
The advantages are clear, Jikes is much faster, it is open source,
the list goes on. The disadvantages seem to be related to bugs
in the compiler itself. Don't get me wrong, it is not like
there are no bugs in javac. If you check the current numbers
for the Jacks compiler testing project, out of about 1,100
tests both jikes and javac fail around 100 tests.
The really nice benefit of using jikes is that if
you run into a bug in the compiler, you can actually
fix it yourself. I have fixed a number of bugs in
Jikes, it is not hard at all. This appleals to me,
since I fix bugs for a living.
cheers
Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc
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