Will Java go native?

[Jos van Uden]

On 19-9-2013 2:25, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 9/18/2013 2:33 PM, Chris 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)
>
> I wrote a native Java compiler in the 90's that was released by Symantec. There wasn't much interest in it.

I remember that. It was part of Visual Cafe. I did use it to create a command line app for a client.
It was very convenient to be able to ship a regular executable that needed no further instructions.