> On 24 Oct 2017, at 12:26 am, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 doubt it. I would expect them to target modern languages with VMs. > -- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
