Compilers for languages intended to be machine-independent, such as Java, Python, or C#, translate the source code into byte code for a virtual machine, which is then run in an interpreter for the ...

But bytecode compilation is a performance factor that can't always be dismissed. Java is the most popular interpreted language on the planet. Others include Python, Scala, Ceylon and Groovy.

GraalVM can run not just Java and Java-based languages like Scala, but also popular scripting languages like Ruby, R and Python," Shimmin said. "This together with the embeddable nature of GraalVM -- ...