JEP proposed to target JDK 17: 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT Compiler

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2021/4/15 14:05:46 -0700, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 17:
> 
>   410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT Compiler
>        https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410
> 
>   Summary: Remove the experimental Java-based ahead-of-time (AOT) and
>   just-in-time (JIT) compiler.  This compiler has seen little use since
>   its introduction and the effort required to maintain it is significant.
>   Retain the experimental Java-level JVM compiler interface (JVMCI) so
>   that developers can continue to use externally-built versions of the
>   compiler for JIT compilation.
> 
> Feedback on this proposal from JDK Project Committers and Reviewers [1]
> is more than welcome, as are reasoned objections.  If no such objections
> are raised by 23:59 UTC on Thursday, 22 April, or if they’re raised and
> then satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal [2]
> I’ll target this JEP to JDK 17.

Hearing no objections, I’ve targeted this JEP to JDK 17.

- Mark