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Re:Java on Truffle – Going Fully Metacircular by foolinaround on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:39AM (#25847658)
What are some immediate (and also long term) practical applications of this advancement?
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Re:Java on Truffle – Going Fully Metacircular by mukel on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:56AM (#25847905)
The goal is not to compete, but rather complement HotSpot/GraalVM with:

- (Polyglot) scripting with Java

- Augmenting native images e.g. native javac with instant startup + annotation processors (very dynamic) running on Espresso

- A simple non-invasive JVM for constrained environments

- DCEVM-like features for developers

- Approachable academic playground

- Fast prototyping of JVM features e.g. it took our intern just two weeks to implement invokedynamic/MethodHandles

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