I believe you are right. Azul has released a JIT compiler based on llvm: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3193078/java/azul-introduces-llvm-compiler-to-java-run

I believe you are right. Azul has released a JIT compiler based on llvm: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3193078/java/azul-introduces-llvm-compiler-to-java-runtime.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/3193078/java/azul-introduce... Also: https://www.excelsiorjet.com/ https://www.excelsiorjet.com/ and there seem to be open source projects like vmkit, https://github.com/ReadyTalk/avian https://github.com/ReadyTalk/avian that are somewhere in between.