Re:Scala Native with Denys Shabalin – Software Engineering D...
by nerdponx on Thursday October 19, 2017 @04:02PM
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Are they all proprietary/closed-source? When I was first learning about Clojure I really wanted a native JVM compiler, but as a hobbyist I was not about to go all-in on an enterprise compiler. The only FOSS solution I found was GCJ.
That, and "the JVM startup is slow!" seems to be a popular argument against Clojure and Scala here on the Intertubes.
Besides ExcelsiorJET named in a sibling answer, the JDKs from Aicas, IBM, PTC, STMicroelectronics, Google with their ART implementation and a few smaller vendors for the embedded market.
Also Oracle just added initial AOT on Java 9, with plans to extend it to other platforms, and eventually (long term plan) rewrite everything in Java as part of Project Metropolis.
Oracle also had AOT compilers before Sun's acquisition, like JServe and JRockit.
Why does it seem no one does it?
Sun was religiously against AOT, leaving it to third party commercial vendors.
And since the rise of FOSS most developers think it is outrageous to pay for compilers, only Fortune 500s buy such compilers.