Lars Bak

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Lars Bak is a Danish computer scientist and software engineer best known for designing high-performance virtual machines and just-in-time compilers for languages such as Java and JavaScript.

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instanceOf computer scientist
software engineer
basedIn Denmark NERFINISHED
citizenship Denmark NERFINISHED
coFounded OOVM NERFINISHED
Toitware NERFINISHED
developed Toit programming language NERFINISHED
V8 JavaScript engine NERFINISHED
just-in-time compilers for Java
just-in-time compilers for JavaScript
virtual machines for the Self language
employer Google
OOVM NERFINISHED
Sun Microsystems NERFINISHED
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fieldOfWork computer science
just-in-time compilation
programming languages
virtual machines
gender male
influenced high-performance VM and JIT compiler techniques
modern JavaScript engine design
knownFor designing high-performance virtual machines
designing just-in-time compilers
work on Java virtual machines
work on JavaScript virtual machines
nationality Danish
notableAchievement contributed to performance improvements in Java virtual machines
led design and implementation of Google V8 engine used in Chrome
notableWork HotSpot Java virtual machine NERFINISHED
Self programming language implementation
Toit programming language NERFINISHED
V8 JavaScript engine NERFINISHED
occupation computer scientist
software engineer
technology entrepreneur
programmingLanguage Java
JavaScript
Self
Toit NERFINISHED
workedOn HotSpot Java virtual machine at Sun Microsystems NERFINISHED
Self programming language project at Sun Microsystems
V8 JavaScript engine at Google NERFINISHED
virtual machines for embedded systems

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Strongtalk developer Lars Bak