Will Java go native?

[Colin Grogan]

On Thursday, 19 September 2013 at 02:37:26 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> 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.
>
> I'm glad you liked it!

Just how many compilers have you written?! :)