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Lila

Lila is a dynamic language running on the JVM with efficient multiple and predicate method dispatch. It was developed as part of the thesis "Efficient Dynamic Method Dispatch on the Java Virtual Machine".

Requirements

  • jruby. Version 1.7.3 was tested and used during development. Version 1.5.6 is known to be incompatible with the dependencies.

Installation

  • Compile the runtime: ant
  • Install the dependencies: jruby -S gem install bitescript parslet

Usage

  • Run a program: lila.sh -f <filename>
  • Compile a program into a class file: lila.sh -c -f <filename> Run the compiled program by including the bin directory in the classpath.

The environment variable JRUBY is used to run jruby. The default value is jruby.

The directory tests contains various examples.

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