[Tutor] Python-to-to native compilation via java?

[VanL]

Hello,

I was reading about the new gcc 3.0 release, and something that 
caught my eye:

"""
The GNU Compiler for the Java Programming Language
What is GCJ?

GCJ is a portable, optimizing, ahead-of-time compiler for the Java 
Programming Language. It can compile:

     * Java source code directly to native machine code,
     * Java source code to Java bytecode (class files),
     * and Java bytecode to native machine code.

Compiled applications are linked with the GCJ runtime, libgcj, which 
provides the core class libraries, a garbage collector, and a 
bytecode interpreter. libgcj can dynamically load and interpret 
class files, resulting in mixed compiled/interpreted applications.
"""

Would code get any significant speedup by going jython -> .class 
files -> native?

Thanks,

Van