I think Jikes RVM needed some kind of bytecode interpreter to build itself, but I don't think it would need to be very advanced. Slow would also be OK since the

I think Jikes RVM needed some kind of bytecode interpreter to build itself, but I don't think it would need to be very advanced. Slow would also be OK since the part getting compiled was not terribly big. Don't know if it could help in any practical way, but it's a fun piece of technology!