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Re: gcjx llvm backend
>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Emmel <mike.emmel@gmail.com> writes:
Bryce> In any case, LLVM integration is a really cool project - using LLVM and
Bryce> sharing parts of gcjx with libgcj so that the same code can be used to
Bryce> implement AOT compilation and runtime (JIT) compilation could hold some
Bryce> interesting possibilities.
Mike> True but I think the biggest gain will be to optimize acros the jni
Mike> barrier right now llvm seems to be the only open technology where that
Mike> sort of cross language optimization is possible.
Yeah, that has very cool potential. I'm somewhat skeptical that it
will really help, since I think most java programmers try pretty hard
to avoid the various JNI performance penalties. That doesn't reduce
my interest though :-)
Another potential benefit of LLVM-ization is the possibility to use
different GCs. Perhaps we could port MMTk.
Tom