I have recently tried the robovm compiler and I can confirm that it can produce native executable under MacOSX and Linux from NetRexx programs. Robovm uses llvm and parts of the android runtime to produce a native executable, which is not really faster than JVM hotspot, but is composed of entirely native code, i.e. does not need a JVM for running. This opens up a lot of new opportunities for NetRexx, think of native executables for iPhone and iPad, and use of Cocoa interface libraries, in addition to packaging and running native applications. Have a look at robovm.org , it is free. Maybe someone with more time on their hands than me can do some expermentation to see how far this reaches. Do not forget to put NetRexxC.jar on the robovm classpath, else it will declare phantom classes. The first compiles have to compile the whole universe to native - but it will soon be very efficient if you have built up that cache.
best regards,
René Jansen.
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