Compiling Ruby source to binary via JRuby and gcj - anyone tried it?

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Hi,

Just wondering (before I try it:)

Has anybody used gcj to compile .class files produced by JRuby (from .rb
files) into binary? Before I do some, anybody done any benchmarks?

I’ll post some results later on…

Thanks,
Asfand Yar

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Asfand Yar Qazi wrote:

Hi,

Just wondering (before I try it:)

Has anybody used gcj to compile .class files produced by JRuby (from .rb
files) into binary? Before I do some, anybody done any benchmarks?

I’ll post some results later on…

Thanks,
Asfand Yar

Oh sorry: I misunderstood the purpose of JRuby: I thought it compiled
Ruby source code to Java Bytecode. It’s just a Java-based interpreter.

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I think you’ll be a little disappointed to find that JRuby doesn’t
generate .class files, it only works as an interpreter…
We might write a compiler for it, but don’t expect any dramatic speed
gains.

/Anders

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— Asfand Yar Qazi <im_not_giving_it_here@i_hate_spam.com> wrote:

Hi,

Just wondering (before I try it:)

Has anybody used gcj to compile .class files produced by JRuby (from
.rb
files) into binary? Before I do some, anybody done any benchmarks?

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Stockholm, Sweden

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Yeah, but the difference isn’t really that big. Most of the code in
JRuby is about implementing a Ruby runtime (classes, objects, methods
and all that), which would be the same even if we had a compiler.

/Anders

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— Asfand Yar Qazi <im_not_giving_it_here@i_hate_spam.com> wrote:

Oh sorry: I misunderstood the purpose of JRuby: I thought it compiled

Ruby source code to Java Bytecode. It’s just a Java-based
interpreter.

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Anders Bengtsson ndrsbngtssn@yahoo.se
Stockholm, Sweden

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