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		secondcoming on April 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kalyn: A self-hosting compiler for x86-64 The JVM, being stack-based, is relatively easy to decompile (not just disassemble). I had to deal with it when I wrote a bare-bones VB to JVM compiler as an undergraduate.

peterfirefly on April 15, 2023 [–]

The file format is super simple. In contrast, the MSIL/CIL file format is dastardly complicated. Both are stack-based...

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