Byte code level cross-compilation for developing web applications

Puder, Arno; Häberling, Sascha

doi:10.1016/j.scico.2009.01.009

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“…XMLVM [26][27][28][29][30] is a cross-compiler toolchain that takes as input Java or .Net bytecode and can produce as output one of these bytecodes, JavaScript codes, or Objective-C codes. This makes it possible to develop Android applications and cross-compile them to other smartphones.…”

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From bytecode to JavaScript: the Js_of_ocaml compiler

Vouillon

Balat

2013

Softw Pract Exp

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We present the design and implementation of a compiler from OCaml bytecode to JavaScript. The compiler first translates the bytecode into a static single-assignment intermediate representation on which optimizations are performed, before generating JavaScript. We believe that taking bytecode as an input instead of a high-level language is a sensible choice. Virtual machines provide a very stable API. Such a compiler is thus easy to maintain. It is also convenient to use, and it can just be added to an existing installation of the development tools. Already-compiled libraries can be used directly, with no need to reinstall anything. Finally, some virtual machines are the target of several languages. A bytecode to JavaScript compiler would make it possible to retarget all these languages to Web browsers at once.

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