Will Java go native?

[Iain Buclaw]

On 18 September 2013 22:33, Chris <wendlec at tcd.ie> wrote:
> Seeing that more and more developers and companies look for or actively
> develop native languages, I wonder will Java go native one day? (Cf.
> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/A97336_01/buslog.102/a83727/jtools5.htm)
>
> Is this Java's only chance to keep up with Go and Rust (and D)? Performance
> is an issue, no matter how fast your processor is, Java always lags behind*.
> And the JVM installation horror is bad enough for developers, but for users?
> Now Java apps are often shipped with a version of the JRE included, which
> smells of defeat. If Oracle want to save Java (after so many "unfortunate"
> decisions), will they finally go native? I can see a market for that. There
> are still a lot of Java developers out there, there are loads of Java apps,
> Java has GUI libraries etc.
>
> *Java's sluggish performance was what made me look for alternatives in the
> first place, and I found D.

Java itelf is a very basic language to allow this to be possible.  But
the library implementation denies this, and I don't see native support
beyond JNI.

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Iain Buclaw

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