How Java compiles concurrent code

Rémi Forax forax at univ-mlv.fr
Mon Jan 24 11:45:17 PST 2011


On 01/24/2011 08:32 PM, Edmon Begoli wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am doing a research project on the compilation strategies employed 
> by different families of languages (compiled, functional, 
> compiled-interpreted) and I would like to get some information on how 
> Java compiles synchronized and concurrent code (Thread/Runnable routines).

javap is your friend.
Take a concurrent code, compile it with javac and see it with javap -c

But you won't see a lot of things because in Java, all is hidden in the VM.

>
> I would to ask you if you can provide some examples or, if even 
> available, point me to a tutorial that shows how Java compiles such 
> routines.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Edmon

Rémi



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