Will Java go native?

[Walter Bright]

On 9/18/2013 6:01 PM, Jos van Uden wrote:
> 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.

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