http://gcc.gnu.org/java/done.html

Sun Jul 27 13:27:00 GMT 2003

Erik Poupaert writes:
 > 
 > http://irate.sourceforge.net/index.html
 > 
 > 22 July 2003 - Problems with the server have been sorted. The
 > server has been running as a gcj compiled binary. I've switched to
 > Sun's Java VM and it's running about 100 times faster. I suspect
 > that the problem is garbage collection.
I wonder why people always blame the gc? For what it's worth, I
believe Hans when he says his gc is generally competitive.
Anyway, there's not much we can do about reports like this one. We
need more information.
Andrew.