years ago I used it (back 2002-ish?) and it worked pretty well back then. Have also used GCJ for some things - but it always seems like its just creating a litt

years ago I used it (back 2002-ish?) and it worked pretty well back then. Have also used GCJ for some things - but it always seems like its just creating a little JVM hidden in the native code - still not quite the same "feeling" as macro assembler (which is how I saw C back when I did it) - still many layers above. I know, its probably all in my head, but still, in my head the real stuff happens on the metal, not in abstractions (I am an elec engineer at heart, trained as one and will always be one).