MiniVM will JIT eventually. Right now the biggest barrier is the VM snapshots. Currently MiniVM its own stack and heap and can snapshot them from any point in the program.
One thing to note about MiniVM is that it has very strong types. V8 has many steps to go through when it needs to perform something like addition (weak typing). MiniVM supports only 4 basic types.
MiniVM's reference frontend Paka is fully self hosted, It is currently the only large MiniVM program.
One thing to note about MiniVM is that it has very strong types. V8 has many steps to go through when it needs to perform something like addition (weak typing). MiniVM supports only 4 basic types.
MiniVM's reference frontend Paka is fully self hosted, It is currently the only large MiniVM program.