GraalSqueak

Abstract

Language implementation frameworks aim to provide everything that is needed to build interpreters, simplify the process by making certain design decisions in advance, and suggest implementation strategies to virtual machine creators. Truffle, the language implementation framework for the GraalVM, is designed for building Abstract Syntax Tree interpreters and the process of doing so is well documented. However, although less documented, Truffle can also be used to implement bytecode interpreters. This approach requires additional hints to be passed into the compiler to gain good performance.