Debian Java FAQ.
Chapter 3 - Java Compilers

3.1 What Java compilers are available in Debian?

• guavac. The compiler of Effective Edge Technologies. This compiler is orphaned upstream; for real work use gcj or jikes.

• tya. A just-in-time compiler, used to compile Java to byte code.

• jikes. Reported to work fine with all JDKs (1.1 to 1.3), it is suggested you use -E when compiling under Emacs.

• bock. Java to C compiler.

• gcj. Compiles Java source to native code, also source to bytecode, or bytecode to native code.

• gck. Is this available?

• kjc is included in kaffe 1.0.5. There currently is no separate package.

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