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Java Hello World, LLVM Edition

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200 points ingve | 1 comments | 07 Dec 25 11:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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zkmon ◴[07 Dec 25 13:22 UTC] No.46181500[source]▶
What's wrong with using the standard JDK for Java code?
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throwaway150 ◴[07 Dec 25 13:37 UTC] No.46181596[source]▶
Nothing wrong with it. Why would you assume the author is in anyway hinting that there's something wrong with using the standard JDK for Java code?
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zkmon ◴[07 Dec 25 13:50 UTC] No.46181679[source]▶
Ok. Let me ask differently. Why would I download and use LLVM for working with java code? Which usecases favor this?
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1. connicpu ◴[07 Dec 25 14:48 UTC] No.46182040{3}[source]▶
The article is presenting something different entirely. This is the precursor to what it would take to create a compiler written in java that produces native code.