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Implementing Languages Other than Java on the Java Virtual Machine
K. John Gough, Diane Corney
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Abstract
The portability and runtime safety of programs which are executed on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) makes the JVM an attractive target for compilers of languages other than Java. Unfortunately, the JVM was designed with language Java in mind, and lacks many of the primitives required for a straight forward implementation of other languages. Here, we discuss how the JVM may be used to implement other object oriented languages. As a practical example of the possibilities, we report on a comprehensive case study. The open source Gardens Point Component Pascal compiler compiles the entire Component Pascal language, a dialect of Oberon 2, to JVM bytecodes. This compiler achieves runtime efficiencies which are comparable to native code implementations of procedural languages.
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Gough, K. J., & Corney, D. (2000). Implementing Languages Other than Java on the Java Virtual Machine. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology).
Gough, K. John, and Diane Corney. “Implementing Languages Other than Java on the Java Virtual Machine.” QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology), 2000.
Gough, K. John, and Diane Corney. 2000. “Implementing Languages Other than Java on the Java Virtual Machine.” QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology).
Gough, K.J. and Corney, D. (2000) ‘Implementing Languages Other than Java on the Java Virtual Machine’, QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology).
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