Just-in-time (JIT) compilers promise to improve the performance of Java applications. Rather than letting the JVM run bytecode, a JIT compiler translates code into the host machine’s native ...

Azul has launched a cloud-native compiler, improving the time to peak performance for Java applications. By delegating JIT to an external system, applications can reach higher throughput, faster than ...

Project Galahad would contribute Java-related GraalVM technologies to the OpenJDK Community for possible incubation in Java, starting with GraalVM’s JIT and AOT compiler tech.

CheerpJ compiles Java bytecode into JavaScript using a JIT (just-in-time) compiler for Java bytecode.

Lawyers for Oracle and Google gave the judge overseeing their Java patent dispute a tutorial on Wednesday that underscored the complexity of the case between the two companies. Judge William Alsup of ...

Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco was given an overview of Java and why it was invented, and an explanation of terms such as bytecode, compiler, class library and ...