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5 it's more convenient to add graal/mxtool to your PATH environment variable so that the |
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6 'mx' helper script can be used. The following instructions in this file assume this |
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9 Building both the Java and C++ source code comprising the Graal VM |
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10 can be done with the following simple command. |
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17 be explicitly specified using the --vm option. However, you'll typically |
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20 1. The 'server' configuration is a standard HotSpot VM that includes the |
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21 runtime support for Graal but uses the existing compilers for normal |
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22 compilation (e.g., when the interpreter threshold is hit for a method). |
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23 Compilation with Graal is only done by explicit requests to the |
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24 Graal API. This is how Truffle uses Graal. |
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29 will be used at the last tier while C1 will be used for the first compiled |
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34 as well as have the option to make it your default for subsequent commands |
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39 ``` |
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