I recently got put on the spot by someone asking about Java to native object code compilers. I figure if someone was interested enough to ask about it, it was worth posting to the board. Other than completely unstable university research projects, here''s the Java to native object code compilers that I know of. Can anyone think of any more? Cygnus''s gcj. (http://sourceware.cygnus.com/java) Free. Symantec''s Visual Cafe.

VJ++ uses J/Direct, which can call native DLLs. Nowhere in any of the specs does it say it can compile into actual native object code. I guess they assumed with their JIT system, they didn''t need to.