Comment by exabrial 2 months ago tangential: Isn't there from the same time period, a java compiler written in java? 3 comments exabrial Reply cyberax 2 months ago Java-to-bytecode compiler (javac) has always been written in Java. There was a JVM written in Java: Jikes RVM. anthk 2 months ago Jikes didn't. pshirshov 2 months ago It's much older, but even now this is THE ONLY viable pathway to bootstrap a modern JDK from scratch. I'm trying to modernize it so the bootstrap path might be shortened.See https://bootstrappable.org/projects/java.html
cyberax 2 months ago Java-to-bytecode compiler (javac) has always been written in Java. There was a JVM written in Java: Jikes RVM. anthk 2 months ago Jikes didn't.
pshirshov 2 months ago It's much older, but even now this is THE ONLY viable pathway to bootstrap a modern JDK from scratch. I'm trying to modernize it so the bootstrap path might be shortened.See https://bootstrappable.org/projects/java.html
Java-to-bytecode compiler (javac) has always been written in Java. There was a JVM written in Java: Jikes RVM.
Jikes didn't.
It's much older, but even now this is THE ONLY viable pathway to bootstrap a modern JDK from scratch. I'm trying to modernize it so the bootstrap path might be shortened.
See https://bootstrappable.org/projects/java.html