Java compiler: Difference between revisions

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* [[GCJ]], a part of [[GNU Compiler Collection|gcc]] which compiles [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Fortran]], [[Pascal programming language|Pascal]] and other [[programming language]]s besides Java. It can also generate [[native code]] using the back-end of gcc.

* ECJ, the Eclipse Compiler for Java, is an open source [[incremental compiler]] used by the [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]] JDT.

* [[Jikes]], an [[open source]] compiler from [[IBM]], which is written in [[C++]] and uses a variant of [[static single assignment form]] for optimization. As of early 2006 the project is no longer being actively developed <ref>The last 1.{{Fact|date22 version is of [[October]] [[2004]] [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=February128803]. 2007}}The project CVS activity for the last 12 month is null [http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/detail.php?group_id=128803&ugn=jikes&type=cvs&mode=12months]</ref>.

The compiler compiles the Java source code to a Java class file that contains the generated [[Java bytecode]]. Even though each compiler uses a different technique, they all generate the same class file format.

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The very first Java compiler developed by Sun Microsystems was written in C using some libraries from C++.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

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