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Cliff Click @ VMSS16: Bits of Advice For the VM Writer

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Compilers, interpreters & program analysisSoftware performance & optimization

What it is

Cliff Click, author of HotSpot's JIT compiler, shares hard-won advice for people writing virtual machines at the VMSS16 workshop. Topics include interpreters, JITs and performance lessons.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it, and Cliff Click's talks in general, as practical wisdom from someone who built HotSpot and worked on Azul's VMs.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “highly recommend Cliff Click's talks (any of them)”

    Hard-won VM writing lessons from Cliff Click

    filereaper, 2017-03 · Strong recommendation · in “The Structure and Performance of Efficient Interpreters [pdf]”

  2. “here are a few of his videos that I like.”

    One of several Cliff Click talks on JIT and VMs

    tjalfi, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “Intel to disable TSX by default on more CPUs with new microcode”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: jit compilers, virtual machines, hotspot, interpreters, performance

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