GraalVM and Java and Native Images, compile Java to standalone executables

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by gigatexal • 4 months ago

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kermatt• 4 months ago

Could this be used for Clojure as well?

gigatexal• 4 months ago

Idk, would be really interesting if it could. I have been wanting to get into Clojure.

geokon2• 4 months ago

it's used extensively

Babashka, which is Clojure for scripting, is the Small Clojure Interpreter compiled to a native executable

That said, it does limit you a little b/c with Graal native you need to tell the compiler if you will dynamically use a type/class (so it can't be inferred during compilation). The compiler is doing what JS people call "tree shaking" to strip unused code. (dead code elimination in C++ terms) As I understand it you have some annotation file so you don't eliminate too much, similar to using Proguard. So it's mostly plug-n-play but with some caveats

SureshG• 4 months ago

New GraalVM project Crema now supports runtime class-loading. Here's a full Clojure runtime built with GraalVM native-image + Crema: https://github.com/borkdude/cream

GraalVM and Java and Native Images, compile Java to standalone executables

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