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JVMLS 2015 - Java Goes AOT

Java · 7.6K views · 2015-08-12 · 40:50

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Christian Thalinger presents at the 2015 JVM Language Summit on adding ahead-of-time compilation to the JVM, covering the HotSpot team's AOT work and its relation to warmup and deoptimization.

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Cited in AOT discussions as evidence that Oracle was moving toward AOT in the JDK and as an explanation of the deoptimization concerns.

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shagie · 2016-12 · Reference

> Compiles to binary which could bring benefits depending on your needs (compared to JS, Java, Scala..) While its not there _yet_, JEP 295: Ahead-of-Time Compilation ( [LINK] ) is active, it was just updated last week, is targeted and a priority 1 item. I have reasonable confidence that it will get there in the near future. See also: JVMLS 2015 - Java Goes AOT [VIDEO]

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mike_hearn · 2016-10 · Reference

There was a talk about it last year: [VIDEO] The project seems to have gone slower than I expected, perhaps because Chris Thalinger moved to Twitter.

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mike_hearn · 2016-10 · Reference

It's explained in the talk "Java goes AOT": [VIDEO] Basically they thought it'd de-opt too much. I'm not totally sure it's the case but they'd be the experts on that.

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