Will Java go native?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 9/19/13 4:05 AM, PauloPinto wrote:
> Java might eventually gain value types. The IBM J9 VM already has them.
>
> http://duimovich.blogspot.ca/2012/11/packed-objects-in-java.html
>
> http://www.slideshare.net/mmitran/ibm-java-packed-objects-mmit-20121120

I think I've heard of at least one more similar endeavor. The funny part 
is, this is acquiescence of the fact they're needed, which invalidates 
the former claim that Java was as fast as C before it had them...


Andrei