OpenJDK: Java application Startup

[Sandeep Konchady]

As Roman mentioned, there is some activity around improving performance 
of Java through Java Kernel project. This forum on java.net has some 
interesting information, in case you have not already seen it.

http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=22378&tstart=0

As for creating .exe from Java program, it has already been done by gcj, 
but I have not seen or heard about significant performance gain or 
startup improvements by doing this.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4860

- Sandeep

Roman Kennke wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
>> The Problem:
>> -------------
>> currently Java applicatins - in particula on Windows - take much longer to load then normal .exe applications. this is because native .exe applications with precompiled headers or libs seem to be loaded faster than corresponding Java apps.
>>
>> solutions:
>> -----------
>>
>> Take advantage of disk cache
>>     
>
> In which way? Pre-load the VM after system reboot?
>
>   
>> allow .exe generation of Java apps 
>>     
>
> How would that help anything?
>
>   
>> improve loading of Java application related ressources, files etc.
>>     
>
> Not sure what could be improved here.
>   
>> I dont know if there is any active development on this for OpenJDK at present but i think this is  crucial for any Java relase.
>>     
>
> I think the Java kernel project (or how it's called, I don't know) aims
> in this direction. I might be wrong though.
>
> /Roman
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