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SPLASH 2016
Sun 30 October - Fri 4 November 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mon 31 Oct 2016 16:30 - 16:55 at St Gallen - Session 4 Chair(s): Jeremy Singer

Eclipse OMR is a new open source project created by refactoring the IBM J9 Java Virtual Machine to create a set of language agnostic components for building all kinds of language runtimes. This paper reflects on the effort, the successes, and the mistakes made while refactoring more than a million lines of code on the master development branch while 8 disparate production compiler products were under active development. Refactoring large scale projects like compilers and language runtimes can be done while shipping releases, but there are certainly challenges. We offer some recommendations for other projects considering this path.

Mon 31 Oct

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15:40 - 17:20
Session 4VMIL at St Gallen
Chair(s): Jeremy Singer University of Glasgow
15:40
25m
Talk
Bringing Low-Level Languages to the JVM: Efficient Execution of LLVM IR on Truffle
VMIL
Manuel Rigger Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, Matthias Grimmer Johannes Kepler University Linz, Christian Wimmer Oracle Labs, Thomas Wuerthinger Oracle Labs, Hanspeter Mössenböck JKU Linz, Austria
Pre-print
16:05
25m
Talk
Improving Trace-based JIT Optimisation using Whole-Program Information
VMIL
Maarten Vandercammen Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Coen De Roover Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
DOI Pre-print
16:30
25m
Talk
Rebuilding an Airliner In Flight: A Retrospective on Refactoring IBM Testarossa production compiler for Eclipse OMR
VMIL
Matthew Gaudet IBM Canada, Mark Stoodley IBM Canada
16:55
25m
Day closing
Discussions/Closing Remarks
VMIL
Tony Hosking Australian National University, Data61, and Purdue University