On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 12:54 AM, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote:
> IBM have open sourced their Java JVM and JIT code > https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/index.html. > > The interesting code is not the Java JVM but the runtime technology > http://www.eclipse.org/omr/. > > *The Eclipse OMR project* consists of a highly integrated set of > open source C and C++ components that can be used to build robust > language runtimes that run on many different hardware and operating > system platforms. > > The core technology components include, but are not limited to: a > platform porting library, a thread library, diagnostic services, > monitoring services, a just-in-time compiler, and a garbage collector. > > IBM have a technology preview that adds a OMR JIT compiler to Ruby > https://developer.ibm.com/open/2016/11/18/introducing-ruby-jit/. They're > also working on versions of CPython, Smalltalk and PHP. So in theory we > could have all of the languages running on z/OS at the speed of compiled > code that will optimize dynamically depending on the hardware. How exciting! > Hum, I wonder if anybody at IBM is considering using this JIT technology with the REXX language? It might even be interesting to use with ooREXX, which is more likely since it is open sourced. -- I just child proofed my house. But the kids still manage to get in. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
