GCJ slower than JDK?

Mon Jan 28 18:40:00 GMT 2002

Hi Per,
>> I've heard horror stories about upgrading the gcc, glibc or related 
>> components from Red Hat.
>> Don't upgrade. Install the new sources in a separate location than
> the standard ones. For example specify --prefix /opt/gcc-20020129 (or
> whatever you choose), and add /opt/gcc-20020129/bin to your PATH and
> /opt/gcc-20020129/lib to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

I found RPMs for gcj-3.1 on rpmfind.net. They do notlist any 
dependencies besides libgcj. It looks like gcc-java and libgcj are 
stand-alone packages while I think they are closely linked to gcc. Is it 
possible to use a release of gcc-java/libgcj (say, 3.1) and another of 
gcc (say, 2.96)?
[]s, Fernando Lozano