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Compiling a Java-implemented JVM with GCJ

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There is a Java Virtual Machine completely implemented in Java called JPF. In other words, when you run a Java program within this machine, it's a JVM-within-a-JVM execution. Obviously, this uses a lot of resources and I was thinking of ways how that could be reduced.

An idea I have is to compile JPF with GCJ to native code, thereby resulting in only one JVM that is used when running a Java program within JPF.

Do you see any inherent limitations to this idea, i.e. reasons why it wouldn't work? I'm not a JVM expert so it's hard for me to see any obvious obstacles.

posted Sep 18, 2015 by anonymous

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Nothing obvious. Be aware that GCJ supports an earlier version of the Java libraries, so nothing is guaranteed. Whether it's any faster or smaller I couldn't say.

answer Sep 19, 2015 by Navneet
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