Re: What are the disadvantages of using jikes instead of javac?

[Mo DeJong]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Joi Ellis wrote:

> 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?
> 
> Besides the fact that it generates a binary that runs on only one
> platform?

I think you are getting Jikes confused with GCJ, the GNU
Java compiler project.

Jikes is a drop in replacement for javac.
It writes out .class files just like javac,
only way faster. I have a java project
that takes 60 seconds to compile with
javac and only 3 seconds to compile with Jikes.

See this URL for more info:

http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/jikes/project/

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc


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