How to generate and run native code dynamically?

Question

I\'d like to write a very small proof-of-concept JIT compiler for a toy language processor I\'ve written (purely academic), but I\'m having some trouble in the middle-altitu

Answer 1

You may be interested in why the lucky stiff's Potion programming language. It's a small, incomplete language that features just-in-time compilation. Potion's small size makes it easier to understand. The repository includes a description of the language's internals (JIT content starts at heading "~ the jit ~").

The implementation is complicated by the fact it runs in the context of Potion's VM. Don't let this scare you off, though. It doesn't take long to see what he's up to. Basically, using a small set of VM opcodes allows some actions to be modeled as optimized assembly.