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19 “J” Standard Extension for Dynamically Translated Languages, Version 0.0

This chapter is a placeholder for a future standard extension to support dynamically translated languages.

Many popular languages are usually implemented via dynamic translation, including Java and Javascript. These languages can benefit from additional ISA support for dynamic checks and garbage collection.