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Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> I know C is 'portable' but it still requires some major hacking to get
> programs working on various OSes, and Java can be used/compiled almost
> everywhere, although i think it requires a graphical display (right?)
> and it is pretty slow and not a good choice for many intesive
> applications.
> 
> Why isn't there a "Java" that is not interpreted? but could be easily
> cross compiled for any machine?
> 
> Or is everyone hiding something from me? :)
> 

1. Toba (java 2 c compiler) from uniwersity of 
Arisona. (I can't remember link, try altavista)
2. Internal work for Java front-end to gcc in cygnus.


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