Computer Science · Compilers & Interpreters
A topic within Compilers & Interpreters, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Computer Science.
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L. Peter Deutsch & Allan M. Schiffman
Introduces inline caching, showing that a bytecode interpreter can approach compiled-language speed by having each call site remember and reuse the method it resolved last time.
Tim Lindholm & Frank Yellin
Specifies the JVM's instruction set, class file format and execution model precisely enough that independent implementations interoperate, treating the virtual machine itself as the portable unit rather than the language.