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Abstract. The Java virtual machine (JVM) is usually implemented with an interpreter or just-in-time (JIT) compiler. JITs provide the best performance, but must be substantially rewritten for each architecture they are ported to. Interpreters are easier to develop and maintain, need less memory and can be ported to new architectures with almost no changes. The weakness of interpreters is that they are much slower than JITs. This paper describes work in progress on faster Java interpreters. Our goal is to bring interpreter performance to a new higher level by developing new optimisations for modern computer architectures, and by adapting recent research on compilers to interpreters. 1, |
