[asagoo]

Hi!
When I write a Cocoa app using Java, is the built app natively compiled like an Objective-C one would be, or does it still involve interpreting byte code? Just wondering because there is always a ".jar" file in the built app package.

[eyadams]

Java Cocoa apps are compiled into Java byte code just like any other java application. When the java app is run, a VM is created, with all the overhead that goes along with it. As a result Java Cocoa apps tend to have a steeper RAM usage, though most of the ram usage is virtual and not really a problem.