Is graal VM going to be part of a future JDK release?

[Thomas Wuerthinger]

Sure! We will include a version for Windows x64. - thomas

> On 13 Mar 2015, at 17:00, Anthony Vanelverdinghe <anthony.vanelverdinghe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Thomas
> 
> Will the next OTN release also contain a version for Windows x64 please? I just noticed in Chris' message [1] that there are actually already Windows builds available (though not for the latest version) at http://lafo.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/builds <http://lafo.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/builds>.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Anthony
> 
> [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/graal-dev/2015-March/002967.html <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/graal-dev/2015-March/002967.html>
> 
> 
> On 13/03/2015 16:29, Thomas Wuerthinger wrote:
>> Vitaly,
>> 
>> Graal has a very different design from C2 and therefore it has distinct performance characteristics. We invite developers to try our latest OTN release [1] on their applications and give us feedback.
>> 
>> The largest three distinguishing factors are:
>> a) Guard optimizations for efficient handling of speculative code - this has its biggest impact on the JavaScript, Ruby [2], and R [3] implementations built on Graal’s multi-language framework Truffle.
>> b) Partial escape analysis to reduce object allocations even if the object escapes on some paths.
>> c) Improved inlining strategy that explores the call tree and performs late inlining as default instead of inlining during bytecode parsing.
>> 
>> We expect to publish a new improved version of Graal in another OTN release in the next couple of months.
>> 
>> Regards, thomas
>> 
>> [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oracle-labs/program-languages/overview/index-2301583.html <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oracle-labs/program-languages/overview/index-2301583.html> <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oracle-labs/program-languages/overview/index-2301583.html <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oracle-labs/program-languages/overview/index-2301583.html>>
>> [2] https://github.com/jruby/jruby/wiki/Truffle <https://github.com/jruby/jruby/wiki/Truffle> <https://github.com/jruby/jruby/wiki/Truffle <https://github.com/jruby/jruby/wiki/Truffle>>
>> [3] https://bitbucket.org/allr/fastr <https://bitbucket.org/allr/fastr> <https://bitbucket.org/allr/fastr <https://bitbucket.org/allr/fastr>>
>>> On 13 Mar 2015, at 16:01, Vitaly Davidovich <vitalyd at gmail.com <mailto:vitalyd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Chris (or anyone else really),
>>> 
>>> Are there any optimizations that graal does better (or at all) than
>>> Hotspot's C2? I know it has flow sensitive EA - are there other things?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> sent from my phone
>>> On Mar 13, 2015 9:53 AM, "Chris Seaton" <chris.seaton at oracle.com <mailto:chris.seaton at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Bráulio,
>>>> 
>>>> There’s no specific date yet of when Graal might be integrated into
>>>> OpenJDK.
>>>> 
>>>> You can of course install a binary build of GraalVM, which isn’t much
>>>> different from installing an OpenJDK build
>>>> http://lafo.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/builds <http://lafo.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/builds> <
>>>> http://lafo.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/builds <http://lafo.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/builds>>. For the specific use case of
>>>> JRuby, the ruby-build plugin to rbenv can already install JRuby+Truffle,
>>>> with GraalVM bundled so all you have to do is run ‘run’ and you’ll get
>>>> Graal.
>>>> 
>>>> $ rbenv install jruby-9.0.0.0+graal-dev
>>>> $ rbenv shell jruby-9.0.0.0+graal-dev
>>>> $ ruby -X+T -e 'puts Truffle.graal?'
>>>> true
>>>> 
>>>> I think you can do something similar in RVM but not sure of the specifics
>>>> at the moment.
>>>> 
>>>> If you are interested in JRuby+Truffle, join us in #jruby on Freenode IRC.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>>>> On 13 Mar 2015, at 00:45, Bráulio Bhavamitra <brauliobo at gmail.com <mailto:brauliobo at gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry for asking this out of my anxiety...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Having seen the incredible results when using the Graal VM with JRuby
>>>>> Truffle, I wonder if and when Graal code will be merged into OpenJDK
>>>>> mainline. Is there a roadmap or it is not going to happen soon (next
>>>> years)?
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>> bráulio
>>>>> 
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>>>>> lar e todos nós somos cidadãos deste cosmo. Este universo é a imaginação
>>>> da
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>>>> Este
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>>>> também
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