is there a way to turn a .java to a .exe instead of a .class.. (im refering to applet to exe? is it possible?)

nope ..

price to pay for platform independence. .



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http://www.webmasterfree.com/jet.html

It''s not a good solution, but it''s a solution.

There''s a GCC project to put together a source->native, bytecode->native gcj compiler. Right now the developers say that it''s in an unusable state and that you''d have to get a really old version to get a working setup. However, on a better note, they say that they are planning to release a stable version with the release of the GCC 3.0 suite (which isn''t too far away, could be June or something).

As a sidenote, a good JIT will try to do the same thing you''re wanting.

joeG

it''s not just for speed, exe''s are much easier on the user.

This was covered recently:

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=48242