Toba: Java for Applications A Way Ahead of Time (WAT) Compiler

  • Todd A. Proebsting ,
  • Gregg Townsend ,
  • John H. Hartman ,
  • Patrick Bridges ,
  • Scott A. Watterson ,
  • Tim Newsham

Published by Advanced Computing Systems Association

Publication

Toba is a system for generating efficient standalone Java applications. Toba includes a Java-bytecode-to-C compiler, a garbage collector, a threads package, and Java API support. Toba-compiled Java applications execute 1.5-4.2 times faster than interpreted and Just-In-Time compiled applications.