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| ▲ | mands a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's more an fun educational overview of the new FFM API. I can't think of many actual use-cases where you'd want to use the LLVM JIT over those built-in to HotSpot. Interfacing with existing LLVM-based systems, writing a very tight inner loop using LLVM where you absolutely need LLVM-like performance, or creating a compiler that targets LLVM using Java would be the main "real-world" use-cases. |
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| ▲ | drzaiusx11 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This is interop glue to cross language boundaries in the JVM without the problems that come with JNI. The natural goal/use-case being that you can call pre-existing code in other languages that target LLVM IR. |
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| ▲ | TazeTSchnitzel a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| That's not what the article is about. |
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| ▲ | connicpu a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The article is presenting something different entirely. This is the precursor to what it would take to create a compiler written in java that produces native code. |
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| ▲ | almostgotcaught a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| "why would I use a frying pan when I can use a flashlight" The two things have nothing to do with each other. |
