We looked last week at some of the things that can influence the speed of programming languages and how different approaches to running code can influence program performance. Some work described by ...

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In a previous blog post, we discussed the benefits of using automation to maximize the performance of a system. One use case I mentioned was compiler flag mining, and the fact that performance is ...

The LLVM community has released version 9.0.0 of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure project. The update features optimizations for memory, pattern matching, and C++. With the new release, LLVM will ...

Azul supplies a number of Java runtimes, including Zing and Zulu (there is an embedded version of the latter). Azul’s latest offering is an updated version of Zing, that features Falcon, a new JIT ...

SproutCore, profiled earlier this week, isn't the only big news spill out from the top secret WWDC conference due to Apple's embrace of open source sharing. Another future technology featured by the ...

Clang/LLVM, or simply the Clang compiler, is a combination of the Clang front-end and LLVM backend. Clang translates source code to LLVM byte code, and the LLVM framework performs the code generation ...

Big news on the compilation tool chain front: Version 2.5 of the open source Low Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) compiler infrastructure has been released. LLVM 2.5, which helps developers build ...

Azul Systems (Azul), the award-winning leader in Java runtime solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Zing 17.03, including its new "Falcon" Just-in-Time (JIT) compiler. The Falcon ...