Re: JIT and JRE(W)???

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From: Paul Murray
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 00:00

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>What exactly is a JIT?  My understanding is that it is a Just in Time
>compiler - but java is not compiled (atleast not fully) rather it is
>interpreted... right?  Why does this not seem to make sense?
 A JIT compiles java bytecode into machine code when the class is loaded
with the class loader (just in time), and the compiled machine code is run.
JIT compilers are optimised for speed of compilation, not optimisation.

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