Introduction to GraalVM

A simple introduction to the GraalVM and its ecosystem

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1. GraalVM An Introduction
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3. What is a VM? an efficient, isolated duplicate of the real machine Popek, Gerald J.; Goldberg, Robert P. (1974). "Formal requirements for virtualizable third generation architectures" “ “”
4. Java Virtual Machine Class Loader Runtime Data Area Execution Engine JNI Native Mehtod Library Java Scala Kotlin Clojure Loads, links, initialize *.class at runtime Store bytecode, runtime data, native stacks Executes bytecode Interaction with native libs
5. GraalVM GraalVM Tuffle JVM Languages (java, kotlin, etc) JS Ruby R LLVM bc JVM Node.JS OracleDB Native Program
6. GraalVM: Performance GraalVM Tuffle JVM Languages (java, kotlin, etc) JS Ruby R LLVM bc JVM Node.JS OracleDB Native Program
7. GraalVM: Performance • Better JIT • Fast startup • Lower footprint • AOT Compiler
8. GraalVM Performance: Demo
9. GraalVM: Polyglot GraalVM Tuffle JVM Languages (java, kotlin, etc) JS Ruby R LLVM bc JVM Node.JS OracleDB Native Program
10. GraalVM: Polyglot • Pass values between languages • Executes code from other language(s) • No copying or marshalling
11. GraalVM Polyglot: How? • Interoperability protocol • Communicates via set of agreed data types and structure • Details: https://chrisseaton.com/rubytruffle/dls15-interop/dls15- interop.pdf
12. Polyglot: Demo
13. GraalVM: Cross Language Tool GraalVM Tuffle JVM Languages (java, kotlin, etc) JS Ruby R LLVM bc JVM Node.JS OracleDB Native Program
14. Cross Lang Tools: Demo
15. Code at: https://github.com/bertzzie/graalvm-example Slides at: https://speakerdeck.com/bertzzie/introduction-to-graalvm QA and Closing