"I understood the JVM does an dynamic analysis of the code when running, so it can compile to better performance. " Considering this was one of the main points

"I understood the JVM does an dynamic analysis of the code when running, so it can compile to better performance. " Considering this was one of the main points of llvm in the first place, and it's had a jit since day 1 .. http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html "This paper describes LLVM (Low Level Virtual Machine), a compiler framework designed to support transparent, lifelong program analysis and transformation for arbitrary programs, by providing high-level information to compiler transformations at compile-time, link-time, run-time, and in idle time between runs."