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Re:Java 9 features announced by Alupis on Monday August 18, 2014 @05:19PM (#8194747)
Anyone know what the "sjavac" is about? The link just talks about improving it so it can become the new default... but what is better about it? Is it just the new javac?(why not just in-place upgrade javac then?)

(link provides no real details: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/199)

Re:Java 9 features announced by Afforess on Monday August 18, 2014 @06:14PM (#8195012)
I was curious myself. I dug up the original proposal to create sjavac, which is here: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/139
Re:Java 9 features announced by Alupis on Monday August 18, 2014 @06:34PM (#8195081)
Interesting -- finally bringing multiple-core/process compiling to javac. Although, I must admit, I have yet to work on a project where compile times were a major issue. I guess I'm just in the habit of typing "ant release" and getting some coffee ;)
Re:Java 9 features announced by mdaniel on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @11:17PM (#8205781)
It's unclear if you are poking fun, but one of the major features of Eclipse (and ejc, by extension) is the "compile on save", so there is no compilation step while working in your IDE (unless, of course, you desired one).

If that is a goal of the sjavac project, then the ability to compile in parallel the different branches of the dependency tree for a set of classes would make for a major upgrade in user experience.