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Why isn't more Java software compiled natively?
I know that Java is byte code compiled, but when using the JIT, it will compile the ‘hotspots’ to native code. Why is there not an option to compile a program to native code?
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There is an option to compile Java source code files in binary code it is called GCJ and come from Free Software Foundation.
It is not officially supported by Sun/Oracle but i’ve used the compiler and it do a great job 😉