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Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is a general-purpose programming language intended to let programmers write once, run anywhere (), [16] meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need to recompile. [17]
The most common form of output from a Java compiler is Java class files containing cross-platform intermediate representation (IR), called Java bytecode. [ 2 ] The Java virtual machine (JVM) loads the class files and either interprets the bytecode or just-in-time compiles it to machine code and then possibly optimizes it using dynamic compilation .
The Java platform is a suite of programs that facilitate developing and running programs written in the Java programming language. A Java platform includes an execution engine (called a virtual machine), a compiler and a set of libraries; there may also be additional servers and alternative libraries that depend on the requirements.
Java bytecode is the instruction set of the Java virtual machine (JVM), the language to which Java and other JVM-compatible source code is compiled. [1] Each instruction is represented by a single byte, hence the name bytecode, making it a compact form of data.
When code generation occurs at runtime, as in just-in-time compilation (JIT), it is important that the entire process be efficient with respect to space and time. For example, when regular expressions are interpreted and used to generate code at runtime, a non-deterministic finite-state machine is often generated instead of a deterministic one, because usually the former can be created more ...
Basic-256 is a project to learn the basics of computer programming. [1] The project started in 2007 inspired by the article “Why Johnny can't code” by David Brin, which also inspired the creation of Microsoft Small Basic. [2]
Transpilers can be used to extend existing languages or to simplify compiler development by exploiting portable and well-optimized implementations of other languages (such as C). [ 2 ] Many combinations of interpretation and compilation are possible, and many modern programming language implementations include elements of both.
Bootstrapping a compiler has the following advantages: [6] It is a non-trivial test of the language being compiled, and as such is a form of dogfooding. Compiler developers and bug reporters only need to know the language being compiled. Compiler development can be performed in the higher-level language being compiled.