A brief history of just-in-time
J Aycock - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2003 - dl.acm.org
J Aycock
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2003•dl.acm.orgSoftware systems have been using" just-in-time" compilation (JIT) techniques since the
1960s. Broadly, JIT compilation includes any translation performed dynamically, after a
program has started execution. We examine the motivation behind JIT compilation and
constraints imposed on JIT compilation systems, and present a classification scheme for
such systems. This classification emerges as we survey forty years of JIT work, from 1960--
2000.
1960s. Broadly, JIT compilation includes any translation performed dynamically, after a
program has started execution. We examine the motivation behind JIT compilation and
constraints imposed on JIT compilation systems, and present a classification scheme for
such systems. This classification emerges as we survey forty years of JIT work, from 1960--
2000.
Software systems have been using "just-in-time" compilation (JIT) techniques since the 1960s. Broadly, JIT compilation includes any translation performed dynamically, after a program has started execution. We examine the motivation behind JIT compilation and constraints imposed on JIT compilation systems, and present a classification scheme for such systems. This classification emerges as we survey forty years of JIT work, from 1960--2000.
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