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Just-in-time compilation

• MaxBarraclough 5y ago
  I agree that wants clarifying, as Just-in-Time might also refer to just-in-time manufacturing.
  • anonu 5y ago
    But then the paper's title wouldn't be similar to Stephen Hawking's famous book: https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553380168 https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp...
  • pjmlp 5y ago
    Or Just-in-time debugging, a term Borland made popular for the application jumping into the debugger if Borland C++ happened to be installed on Windows 3.x. Instead of Dr.Watson the application would jump into a debugging session.
  • CalChris 5y ago
    James Gosling's original 1993 use of the phrase just-in-time for compilation alluded to just-in-time manufacturing (as mentioned in the article) but the Computing Surveys article title refers to Hawking's 1998 book. Don't mess with funny titles.