Java Goes AOT - Exploring Ahead-of-Time Compilation

Explore the concept of Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation for Java in this 41-minute conference talk from the 2015 JVM Language Summit. Dive into the AOT compiler, container format, and current status of Java's AOT implementation. Examine performance metrics, including javac compilation times for Java 1.7, JRuby 9k startup, and benchmarks like SPECjvm98 and SPECjbb2013. Learn about shared library sharing and Graal bootstrap process. Gain insights into the future direction of Java compilation and runtime optimization from this technical presentation by Christian Thalinger.