On 19/09/15 00:35, Marko Dimjašević wrote: > There is a Java Virtual Machine completely implemented in Java called > JPF [1]. 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. 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. Andrew.
