Java compilation [was GCs in the news]

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, 2014-07-23 at 09:11 +0000, Paulo Pinto via Digitalmars-d wrote:
[…]
> I will happily use it when it gets to the same execution speed 
> and hardware resources than Eclipse +  ADT is currently using.

The way I work with Gradle is to generate Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA
projects if I am going to use Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA.

[…]
> > Graal isn't a replacement for HotSpot but a dynamic compilation
> > technology to work with HotSpot. It is actually a very promising
> > technology, I am looking forward to trying it out.
> 
> Yes it is.
> 
> It was presented as such at JavaONE for possible future Java 9+ 
> improvements.
> 
> I can try to dig out the presentation, if you wish.

Clearly I need to update my knowledge!
[…]
> I agree in the cases the toolchain offers both possibilities out 
> of the box and does not force developers to choose among 
> different vendors toolchains.

I am trying to get folk in the JVM benchmarking trade to tell me what
the latest SP is on things.

-- 
Russel.
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