Software that converts a Java source program into bytecode (intermediate language) or to a just-in-time (JIT) compiler that converts bytecode into machine language. It may also refer to compiling ...

Java ME (Micro Edition) has long supported AOT, but Java SE has not—a decision that Java’s former owner, Sun Microsystems, made many years ago. Like Java 9’s new modularity, AOT is drawing ...

The TurboChai compiler takes Java bytecode as input, generates ANSI C source code and then uses any C compiler to generate optimized native code. Last summer, Microsoft announced C#, an object ...

Azul has launched a cloud-native compiler, improving the time to peak performance for Java applications. By delegating JIT to an external system, applications can reach higher throughput, faster than ...

Momentum is building for the Graal project, an implementation of a dynamic compiler in Java to produce excellent code quality without compromising compile time and memory usage in the Java Virtual ...

The latest edition of the RoboVM ahead-of-time (AOT) compiler and runtime library for Java is now available. The 1.8 release was timed to coincide with the release of Apple's iOS 9 mobile OS and Xcode ...

A RoboVM for Eclipse plugin, which integrates the AOT compiler with the Eclipse Java IDE, is available from the Eclipse Marketplace. Eclipse is the product's default development environment. "Using ...

Because GraalVM is the first compiler of its kind written completely in Java—a memory-safe language designed for productivity—unlike other compilers, it’s easy for developers to read and modify.

Experimental Java-Based JIT Compiler Here’s an example of a feature included in Java 10 that’s not entirely ready for prime time, and that’s why it’s called experimental. Let’s take a ...