What is "JIT ENGINE" in Java?

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neelam

  • Sep 20th, 2007
 

Sun supplies JIT ENGINE for bytecode, which is part of the JVM, it compiles the bytecode into executable code in real time, on piece-by-piece basis,demand basis. JIT compiles code as it is needed, during execution.

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sampra

  • Feb 14th, 2008
 

jit reads the whole byte code and exceute once where as interpretaor does it by line by line

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The just-in-time compiler compiles byte code into native machine language when it first encounters it and then reuses that compiled code rather than recompiling it again. This give performance gains over the interpreter model which interprets the byte code every time it encounters it.

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