1) What is Jikes and why should I need it over JAVAC? 3) How do I configure TextPad 4.4 and Kawa 5 to work with it? ------------------ ~James Baud Talk, does not cook rice. - Chinese Proverb
<B>~James Baud</B><P>He who asks, is a fool for five minutes;<BR>but, he who does not ask, remains a fool forever. (Chinese proverb)
Jike is the IBM version and JVM, it's the only compiler right now that is 100% compatible to the JLS (not even the J2SDK). As far as configuring, I think there is an option somewhere that allows you to set the compiler. In Kawa, use Customized-->Option. Don't know about TextPad
Craig Larman gave a presentation to the Boulder Java User's Group a couple of weeks ago and stated that Jikes is the fastest Java compiler available at the moment. He also stated that IBM's JVM implementation is one that should be considered in any HotSpot genre evaluation due to its speed as well.