Re: Interesting piece: Objective-C on Java VM?

[Rod Price]

> This is potentially good news for developers.  I am showing my
> ignorance, but what does JIT stand for - Java Interpreter?
>
> Rob Kewley

JIT stands for Just-In-Time compiler.  A JIT compiler (I should
have added on the compiler part) works by compiling byte code
"just in time," that is, the moment before it is executed.  It looks
and feels like an interpreter to the user, but runs code at compiled
speeds (minus the time the compiler takes).

-Rod Price



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