OpenJDK: Panama

18 hours ago

Project Panama aims to improve connections between the JVM and non-Java APIs, especially those used in C programming.
Key components include native function calling, data access, new heap layouts, metadata definitions, and tools like jextract for header file extraction.
It involves native library management, interpreter/runtime hooks, JIT optimizations, safety tooling, and exploratory work with challenging native libraries.
Sponsored by the Hotspot Group, with mailing lists for development updates, design documents, JEPs, and talks available.
Active development in repositories for foreign memory/function support, vectorization, and the jextract tool, with a legacy repo marked for read-only use.

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