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maattdd

There is, for example https://bellard.org/quickjs/

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That's an interpreter written in C and without a JIT. Not the same as an AOT compiler.

https://github.com/bellard/quickjs/blob/master/quickjs-opcod...

The point isn't just not having a JIT. You can run v8 without a JIT. The point is good performance without a JIT.

"Can compile Javascript sources to executables with no external dependency"

> @item -c

> Only output bytecode in a C file. The default is to output an executable file.

> @item -e

> Output @code{main()} and bytecode in a C file. The default is to output an executable file.

https://github.com/bellard/quickjs/blob/master/doc/quickjs.t...

Which probably works by stapling bytecode to a precompiled interpreter. A tried and true strategy, but not necessarily what people want when asking for AOT compilation.

It's only a few steps away from what Graal/Truffle do: unroll the interpreter loop over the bytecode, then keep re-running dead code elimination and inlining passes - you end up with something very close to optimized native output.

Specially since Graal/Truffle do include a JIT, which even has better optimization heuristics than Hotspot.

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