MagLev (software)

For other uses, see Maglev (disambiguation).

MagLev

Developer(s)	GemStone
Stable release	1.0.0 / 31-Oct-2011
Written in	Ruby, Smalltalk and C++
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	modified Smalltalk Virtual Machine
Type	Ruby programming language interpreter
License	Ruby and Smalltalk code is open source, but requires proprietary GemStone/S database
Website	http://maglev.github.com/

MagLev is the name of a 64-bit Ruby virtual machine with an integrated persistent cache developed by GemStone. Based on GemStone's Smalltalk Virtual machine,^[1] MagLev compiles Ruby to bytecode, which is then compiled to native machine code using a just-in-time compiler.^[2] MagLev was first revealed publicly at RailsConf 2008.^[3] MagLev 1.0.0 was released on 31-Oct-2011.

See also

• Ruby programming language

References

1. ^ GemStone object server
2. ^ Collison, Patrick (2008-06-02). "MagLev and language implementation". http://collison.ie/blog/2008/06/maglev-and-language-implementation. Retrieved 2008-12-20. 
3. ^ "JRuby on Rails: Fast Enough". O'Reilly Media. 2008-05-30. http://en.oreilly.com/rails2008/public/schedule/detail/4351. Retrieved 2008-12-20. 

External links

• MagLev website
• MagLev code repository
• Avi Bryant's keynote at RailsConf 2007
• Avi Bryant's talk at RailsConf 2008
• MagLev podcast recorded at RailsConf 2008