Java Compiler?

[mike6024]

Does anyone know if there's a Java compiler for Pocket PC/Windows CE yet?

[OSUKid7]

haha, first, think how slow that would be.

But anyway, Sun doesn't even have a JVM for Pocket PCs yet, so there's now way to write a compiler for it.

[danesh]

I know this is not what you are looking for. But anyway, there is a Java like VM called Superwaba available for the PPC and its not slow :) You can download it at http://www.superwaba.com.br

[OSUKid7]

Interesting. Did not know that. And actually, at that site, it had a link (ad) to Tauschke MobileCreator IDE (http://www.tauschke.com/products/tauschkemobilecreator/index.html). I haven't looked at that much, but it might be what you're looking for.

[Janak Parekh]

Not only that, Sun had a port of the Java 1.1 VM available in beta form for Pocket PCs. Actually, there are a bunch of interesting solutions:

http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/fittond/ppcjava.html

(Found via a quick Google search -- a bit outdated, but still useful.)

Nevertheless, I don't think you'll find a compiler -- just too resource-intensive, IMO.

--janak

[Blackbeard]

There are two java compilers that I know about that run on the device. One is free and can be found at http://personal.inet.fi/koti/mobilemike/java.html . I tried this one and it does indeed work. Another one called jCompiler costs $19.95 and can be found on Handago at http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?productType=2&optionId=1_2_2&jid=6F46C7D65E5XA1EFFB6A87A8EAEFDAC1&platformId=2&siteId=1&productId=45583&advSearch=true&sectionId=0&keyWords=java&catalog=30&txtSearch=java
I haven't tried this one but the two reviews looked good. I am a C programmer and don't use Java but I hope this helps.

[paulzazzarino]

If you are not worried about developing on the CE/Mobile device you can use netbeans (the open project freeware compiler) I used it develop an RMI application which ran on PPC using Jeodes runtime VM on devices, and server side on XP machines.