Nathan Sidwell writes: > Andrew Haley wrote: > > Nathan Sidwell writes: > > > > 1) The C++ programs are smaller than the java programs > > > > That's my guess. Usually, C++ users compile one source file at a > > time, whereas Java users find it convenient to compile a whole > > archive. > ok, thanks. This sounds like you're really in an IMA mode :) If I > understand java archives correctly, they're really a set of concatenated > TUs, so could be compiled individually and then having a final link.
Yes. > That would more naturally match other language's uses of the toolchain. > you'd like the backend to handle the breaking appart bit (by preserving > no-unit-at-a-time). I think that's merely pushing the complexity out > of the java FE and into the backend. Sure, it is, yes. But it has hitherto been a very convenient way to work. Andrew.
