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The '''GNU Compiler for Java''' ('''GCJ''') was a [[freewareFree software|free]] [[compiler]] for the [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]] and part of the [[GNU Compiler Collection]].<ref>https://gcc.gnu.org/java/</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Bill |date=2013 |title=Introduction to Compiler Construction in a Java World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-b8WjLY2eKEC&pg=PA277 |___location= |publisher=CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group |isbn=978-1-4398-6088-5 |accessdate=2014-02-06}}</ref>

GCJ could compile Java [[source code]] to [[Java Virtual Machine]] [[bytecode]] or to [[machine code]] for a number of [[CPU architecture]]s. It could also compile [[Class (file format)|class files]] and whole [[JAR (file format)|JARs]] that contain bytecode into machine code.<ref>http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4860</ref><ref>http://freecode.com/projects/gcj</ref>