first test

Wed Jul 14 21:17:00 GMT 2004

Hello
After some days of compiling, I finally could start a first test:
public class Loop {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 long before = System.currentTimeMillis();
 for (int i=0; i < 1000000; i++){
 int a = 27 + 3 * i;
 String b = String.valueOf(a) + "hello";
 }
 long after = System.currentTimeMillis();
 System.out.println("time: " + (after-before));
 }
}
running it on Mac OS X 10.3.4 1.33 GHz G4:
java Loop
time: 2269
gcj --main=Loop -o Loop Loop.java
./Loop
time: 4369
??? the app compiled with gcj is twice as much slow as the one running 
through the VM ???
Redoing the test doesn't change much.
Have I done something wrong?
Gruz
Alessandro