> it's a huge PITA to install the native compiler just to generate some .java files I use Thrift too and haven't felt this pain myself. The compiler is easy to

> it's a huge PITA to install the native compiler just to generate some .java files I use Thrift too and haven't felt this pain myself. The compiler is easy to install with APT, MacPorts or the usual `./configure && make install` incantation. This said, I would certainly appreciate an implementation of the compiler running on the JVM.