Sulong - Execution of LLVM-Based Languages on the JVM

Manuel Rigger; Matthias Grimmer; Hanspeter Mössenböck

doi:10.1145/3012408.3012416

Sulong - Execution of LLVM-Based Languages on the JVM

Manuel Rigger, Matthias Grimmer, Hanspeter Mössenböck

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Abstract

For the last decade, the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) has been a popular platform to host languages other than Java. Language implementation frameworks like Truffle allow the implementation of dynamic languages such as JavaScript or Ruby with competitive performance and completeness. However, statically typed languages are still rare under Truffle. We present Sulong, an LLVM IR interpreter that brings all LLVM-based languages including C, C++, and Fortran in one stroke to the JVM. Executing these languages on the JVM enables a wide area of future research, including high- performance interoperability between high-level and low- level languages, combination of static and dynamic optimizations, and a memory-safe execution of otherwise unsafe and unmanaged languages.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceeding ICOOOLPS '16 Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Implementation, Compilation, Optimization of Object-Oriented Languages, Programs and Systems Article No. 7
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-4837-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3012408.3012416
Publication status	Published - Jul 2016

Fields of science

102 Computer Sciences
102009 Computer simulation
102011 Formal languages
102013 Human-computer interaction
102022 Software development
102024 Usability research
102029 Practical computer science

JKU Focus areas

Computation in Informatics and Mathematics
Engineering and Natural Sciences (in general)

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Sulong - Execution of LLVM-Based Languages on the JVM. / Rigger, Manuel; Grimmer, Matthias; Mössenböck, Hanspeter.
Proceeding ICOOOLPS '16 Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Implementation, Compilation, Optimization of Object-Oriented Languages, Programs and Systems Article No. 7. New York: ACM, 2016.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings › peer-review

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