LLVM-generated code is used every day by billions of people on billions of devices—an outcome that can be clearly traced to research funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) starting in ...

Koopa is a parser generator designed for COBOL. The COBOL parser can handle source files in isolation (no preprocessing required) and doesn't mind the presence of CICS/SQL fragments. The grammar is ...

AI testing tools now automate complex workflows, reducing manual effort and improving software reliability significantly. Companies increasingly adopt predictive testing models to detect defects early ...

Is WebAssembly (Wasm) really ready for production usage in Web applications, even though that usage requires integration with a Web page and the APIs used to manipulate it, such as the DOM?

The Java virtual machine manages application memory and provides a portable execution environment for Java-based applications. Developers reap the rewards in performance, stability, and predictable ...

Phosphor is a system for performing dynamic taint tracking in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), on commodity JVMs (e.g. Oracle's HotSpot or OpenJDK's IcedTea). Phosphor uses Java bytecode ...

Self-modifying code changes its own instructions during execution. In practice, this approach certainly offers advantages, for example in terms of adaptability or code optimization. It is not ...

Loom is a newer project in the Java and JVM ecosystem. Hosted by OpenJDK, the Loom project addresses limitations in the traditional Java concurrency model. In particular, it offers a lighter ...