On 10/19/07, Andrew Haley <aph-gcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > NightStrike writes: > > Does gcj support setting priorities for threads in a java process? > > Yes, it does. It passes the priority down to the underlying thread system. What is the underlying thread system? Does it incorporate pthreads, or some other thing? > > Also, is garbage collection preemptible? > > You'll have to explain what you mean by that. In a Sun virtual machine environment, garbage collection can run at any arbitrary time, and there is nothing that the application can do to prevent this. In the case of timing-critical applications, the user is at a loss, and thus there can be no determinism in that environment. I am looking to see how well gcj can perform as an avenue for real time deterministic java applications.
