error_counter=1
error_max=21
error_occured=true
error_number=0
while [ ${error_counter} -le ${error_max} -a ${error_occured} = true ]; do
    ${RUNTIME} -Xmx1024m -cp ${ECJ_JAR} org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.Main ${1+"$@"}
    error_number=$?
    if [ ${error_number} -eq 139 -o ${error_number} -eq 134 ]; then
        echo "ecj crashed ${error_counter} - silently trying again"
        error_occured=true
        error_counter=$(( $error_counter + 1 ))
    else
        error_occured=false
    fi
done

exit ${error_number}