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What do you think of a Java-like language that compiles to native code?

• joas_coder 11d ago
  Ironwood is an interesting project: a Java-like, object-oriented language that compiles AOT to native executables, without a JVM, JIT, garbage collector, raw pointers, or Rust-style ownership. Unlike GraalVM Native Image, which takes existing Java bytecode and packages the required Java runtime components into a native executable, Ironwood is a separate language designed from the start around native execution and explicit compiler-enforced safe memory management. It uses LLVM, like Rust and Zig, so the native code produced can be very fast. It has a "defer" keyword for deferred cleanup, like Zig. What do you think of the idea?
• MiroslavPokorny 11d ago
  What does no garbage collector actually mean ?
  • joas_coder 11d ago
    public class Hello { public static void main(String[] args) { Chatter chatter = new Chatter(); String text = "Hello " + chatter.getWord() + "!"; System.out.println(text); free text; // destroy object and reclaim the memory free chatter; // destroy object and reclaim the memory // System.out.println(chatter); // use after free NEVER compiles } } // OR: public class Hello { public static void main(String[] args) { Chatter chatter = new Chatter(); defer free chatter; String text = "Hello " + chatter.getWord() + "!"; defer free text; System.out.println(text); } }
    • UncleMeat 11d ago
      How does a UAF never compile without whole program lifetime and alias analysis?
      • joas_coder 11d ago
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