GraalVM

Hello!
Hiten Pratap Singh
https://github.com/hitenpratap/
https://hprog99.wordpress.com/
hiten@fintechlabs.in
https://hitenpratap.github.io
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1.
What’s GraalVM?

“
GraalVM is an ecosystem and shared
runtime offering performance advantages
not only to JVM-based languages such as
Java, Scala, Groovy, and Kotlin, but also to
other programming languages
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2.
Installation

Instructions for
use
With JDK
JDK 9 ships with Graal
1. Used by AOT by default
2. Can be enabled for JIT
-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOpt
ions -XX:+EnableJVMCI
-XX:+UseJVMCICompiler
Also JDK 10:
-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOpt
ions -XX:+EnableJVMCI
-XX:+UseJVMCICompiler
-Djvmci.compiler=graal
Without JDK
Just download Graal from Oracle’s website:
https://www.graalvm.org/downloads/
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3.
Architecture

3.
GraalVM
Components

This is a slide
title
○ Graal: A dynamic just-in-time (JIT)
compiler that improves efficiency and
speed of applications through unique
approaches to code analysis and
optimization.
○ Graal Polyglot APIs: APIs for combining
programming languages in a shared
runtime.
contd...
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This is a slide
title
○ Graal SDK: A set of APIs useful for
embedding Graal languages and
configuring native images.
○ Oracle HotSpot Java Virtual Machine
(JVM): A runtime environment for
JVM-based languages and supported guest
programming languages.
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4.
GraalVM
Features

This is a slide
title
○ Run your code faster and more efficiently
○ Interoperate directly with most modern
programming languages
○ Embed languages with the Graal SDK
○ Create compiled native images
○ Use a single set of tools to monitor, debug,
and profile all your code
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Thanks!
Any questions?
Hiten Pratap Singh
https://github.com/hitenpratap/
https://hprog99.wordpress.com/
hiten@fintechlabs.in
https://hitenpratap.github.io
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Presentation
design
References:
○ https://royvanrijn.com/blog/2018/09/part-1-java-to-native-u
sing-graalvm/
○ https://royvanrijn.com/blog/2018/09/part-2-native-microser
vice-in-graalvm
○ https://www.graalvm.org/docs/
○ https://www.graalvm.org/docs/reference-manual/
○ https://www.graalvm.org/docs/examples/
○ https://www.graalvm.org/docs/graalvm-as-a-platform/
○ https://downloads.lightbend.com/website/scaladays/2018/ny
/slides/twitters-quest-for-a-wholly-graal-runtime.pdf
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