OK, we are not talking about the same thing. I was thinking along the lines of a compiler written in a native (non-jvm) language ala jikes but you are referrin

OK, we are not talking about the same thing. I was thinking along the lines of a compiler written in a native (non-jvm) language ala jikes but you are referring to a compiler that compiles to a native executable ala gcj. I've experimented with gcj in the past. It still suffered from excessive overhead, still had it's own runtime requirements (although obviously not the same as the JVM) and had a lot of serious compatibility issues. Not something I would have based a serious production deployment off of personally. Maybe the state of the art has changed since then.