What happens when we run a julia-lang script?
bytecode, jit, julia
Solution
Actually there is functionality to dump the LLVM bitcode in Julia:
See `jl_dump_bitcode`.
Thanks to Isiah for pointing out that it is possible to use `code_llvm` to read the bitcode in the interpreter.
Note that in `julia_trampoline` this function is used, depending on a `build_path` option. However this does not seem like an end-user interface to me.
In contrast to other JIT-based software like NodeJS (V8), it is however technically possible to dump the LLVM bitcode.
Problem
In my understanding, julia is a script language with a JIT compiler. But in java, you can find `*.class` files; In python, you can find `*.pyc` files. This means java and python need first convert its language to bytecode, then using VM to run this bytecode. However, I can not find the bytecode files for julia like `*.jlc`. Any ideas?