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In article <danielt-1411991513020001@192.168.0.17>,
Trembath <danielt@ihug.com.au> wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>Im fairly new to java and have only been programming with it fairly
>basicaly for a short while.
>
>What i want to know is, can i compile direct to machine code for my mac,
>as apposed to byte code and having to live with the VM?
>
>Im not worried about it being cross platform or any such thing. Its just
>im wanting to make a few small applications to run on my mac, and i want
>to be able to move them around to machines that dont have normal java
>stuff installed.

Same here. :) I've heard of programs like TowerJ (http://www.towerj.com)
and a friend has told me about Visual Cafe ... TowerJ seems to compile to
a fully standalone binary for Win32/Linux platforms, but Visual Cafe seems
to require a .dll to go with the .exe. I tried an alpha version of IBM's
High Performance Compiler, but like Visual Cafe it also requires a .DLL to
be installed on the machine (and a large one too).

Has anyone here used TowerJ or other products? How well do they work?

I'm mainly interested in compiling to native x86 for Win32/Linux, other
platforms would be nice too though. :)

TIA,
goo