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== Major Java compilers ==

[[As of 2006]], the following are major Java [[compiler]]s:

* [[Javac|javac]], included in [[Java Development Kit|JDK]] from [[Sun Microsystems]], open-sourced since [[13 November]] [[2006]].

* [[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 2007 the project is no longer being actively developed <ref>The last 1.22 version is of [[October]] [[2004]] [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128803]. The project CVS activity for the last 12 months is null [http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/detail.php?group_id=128803&ugn=jikes&type=cvs&mode=12months]</ref>.

* [http://jnc.mtsystems.ch/ JavaNativeCompiler(JNC)] is a graphical front-end to [[GCJ]], producing Windows and Linux binary executables.

* [[Excelsior JET]] (commercial) also compiles Java to Windows and Linux binary executables and packages them for deployment.

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