Ironwood is an interesting project: a Java-like, object-oriented language that compiles AOT to native executables, without a JVM, JIT, garbage collector, raw pointers, or Rust-style ownership.
Unlike GraalVM Native Image, which takes existing Java bytecode and packages the required Java runtime components into a native executable, Ironwood is a separate language designed from the start around native execution and explicit compiler-enforced safe memory management.
It uses LLVM, like Rust and Zig, so the native code produced can be very fast. It has a "defer" keyword for deferred cleanup, like Zig.
Ironwood is an interesting project: a Java-like, object-oriented language that compiles AOT to native executables, without a JVM, JIT, garbage collector, raw pointers, or Rust-style ownership.
Unlike GraalVM Native Image, which takes existing Java bytecode and packages the required Java runtime components into a native executable, Ironwood is a separate language designed from the start around native execution and explicit compiler-enforced safe memory management.
It uses LLVM, like Rust and Zig, so the native code produced can be very fast. It has a "defer" keyword for deferred cleanup, like Zig.
What do you think of the idea?
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