Jump

Jump is Java compiler that produces stand-alone applications that run in Palm OS based devices. I does not compile Java files into class files like javac, but performs the next step, the conversion of class files into machine code. It is an ahead-of-time compiler i.e. Jump converts a whole program's worth of class files into machine code as a seperate stage from running the application.

Jump, itself, is written in Java and so can run on any platform that support the Sun J2SDK. The final output is a Palm OS prc file that can be downloaded to a handheld device.

Jump is open software available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump/

-- PeterDickerson^? - 18 Dec 2003