Whats the best way to learn about VM implementation besides actually hacking code?
compiler-construction, programming-languages, vm-implementation
Solution
also check The Implementation of Lua 5.0. it's widely regarded as the fastest VM in its class and also one of the cleanest and smallest implementations.
Problem
I'd like to learn more about VM implementation and optimization. Right now I'm contributing (in a small way) with JRuby and am also playing/writing with my own lisp-like language implementation that runs in a VM. However I'd like to get more information on working with VM's and designing them. Is there a good resource for this type of information besides reading/working with existing code? I'm not opposed to do that, I just wondered if there were other sources I could be looking into.