Fwd: JEP 303: Intrinsics for the LDC and INVOKEDYNAMIC Instructions

The following was received through the valhalla-spec-comments mailbox. Forwarded Message Subject:JEP 303: Intrinsics for the LDC and INVOKEDYNAMIC Instructions Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:24:40 +0200 From: Jeremy Barrow To:

MVT April 26th notes

Next meeting May 10th: dial-in: https://oracle.zoom.us/j/251372518 Notes from April 26: Attendees: Remi, Dan H, Bjorn, Doug, John, Vladimir, Frederic, Karen AIs: 1. John - please update Shady 2. All - please review email rough proposal for load/link/init behavior for MVT 3. Karen: work with Dan

Packed Objects vs Minimal Value Types - An outline of the differences

In one of the MVT review meetings, Doug Lea requested a document that outlines the differences between Valhalla MVT and IBM's Packed Objects. Packed Objects was an evaluation technology in the IBM SDK for Java 8.   I have attached the completed outline, which was written by Dan Heidinga and