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0 pointssmoldesu4y ago0 comments

Well, let's see. Is there a way for me to run a Java program as native machine code? Or is the code that I'm executing still a runtime that interprets a program?

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ebruchez4y ago

Yes there is, although it's not in widespread use yet. [1]

For Scala, there is, separately, Scala Native. [2]

Both have ahead-of-time (AOT) compilers that compile down to the target architecture.

[1] https://www.graalvm.org/reference-manual/native-image/ [2] https://github.com/scala-native/scala-native

maratc4y ago

The vast majority of the programs in the world are written in Javascript, and there's no way for you to "run" them if by that you mean "natively".

andrewxdiamond4y ago

> The vast majority of the programs in the world are written in Javascript

Where is this coming from? What about the literal thousands and thousands of programs on your OS right now? Or the thousands of systems that power large corporations that predate JavaScript popularity?

Sure the language is popular right now, but software development has a much longer history than the last 10 years

saagarjha4y ago

They’re talking about the web.

smoldesuOP4y ago

I'm comfortable making that distinction. JavaScript isn't executed like normal, native code, so... I still agree.

maratc4y ago

When the majority of programs in the world can't be "run" according to your definition, you might want to reconsider your definition.

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rjsw4y ago

> Is there a way for me to run a Java program as native machine code?

Yes [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Compiler_for_Java

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ebruchez4y ago

Yes there is, although it's not in widespread use yet. [1]

For Scala, there is, separately, Scala Native. [2]

Both have ahead-of-time (AOT) compilers that compile down to the target architecture.

[1] https://www.graalvm.org/reference-manual/native-image/ [2] https://github.com/scala-native/scala-native

maratc4y ago

The vast majority of the programs in the world are written in Javascript, and there's no way for you to "run" them if by that you mean "natively".

andrewxdiamond4y ago

> The vast majority of the programs in the world are written in Javascript

Sure the language is popular right now, but software development has a much longer history than the last 10 years

saagarjha4y ago

They’re talking about the web.

smoldesuOP4y ago

I'm comfortable making that distinction. JavaScript isn't executed like normal, native code, so... I still agree.

maratc4y ago

When the majority of programs in the world can't be "run" according to your definition, you might want to reconsider your definition.

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rjsw4y ago

> Is there a way for me to run a Java program as native machine code?

Yes [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Compiler_for_Java

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