即时编译器(JIT)是一种软件，它接收一个不可执行的输入，并返回要执行的适当机器代码。例如:

Intermediate representation    JIT    Native machine code for the current CPU architecture

     Java bytecode            --->        machine code
     Javascript (run with V8) --->        machine code

其结果是，对于特定的CPU体系结构，必须安装适当的JIT编译器。

区别编译器、解释器和JIT

虽然在一般情况下，当我们想要将源代码转换为机器码时可能会有例外，但我们可以使用:

Compiler: Takes source code and returns a executable Interpreter: Executes the program instruction by instruction. It takes an executable segment of the source code and turns that segment into machine instructions. This process is repeated until all source code is transformed into machine instructions and executed. JIT: Many different implementations of a JIT are possible, however a JIT is usually a combination of a compiler and an interpreter. The JIT first turn intermediary data (e.g. Java bytecode) which it receives into machine language via interpretation. A JIT can often measures when a certain part of the code is executed often and the will compile this part for faster execution.

一开始，编译器负责将高级语言(定义为比汇编程序更高级别)转换成目标代码(机器指令)，然后(通过链接器)将其链接成可执行文件。

At one point in the evolution of languages, compilers would compile a high-level language into pseudo-code, which would then be interpreted (by an interpreter) to run your program. This eliminated the object code and executables, and allowed these languages to be portable to multiple operating systems and hardware platforms. Pascal (which compiled to P-Code) was one of the first; Java and C# are more recent examples. Eventually the term P-Code was replaced with bytecode, since most of the pseudo-operations are a byte long.

即时(JIT)编译器是运行时解释器的一个特性，它不是在每次调用方法时都解释字节码，而是将字节码编译为运行机器的机器代码指令，然后调用此目标代码。理想情况下，运行目标代码的效率将克服每次运行时重新编译程序的低效率。

正如其他人提到的

JIT代表Just-in-Time，这意味着代码在需要时才编译，而不是在运行时之前。

为了给上面的讨论补充一点，JVM维护一个函数执行时间的计数。如果该计数超过预定义的限制，JIT将代码编译为处理器可以直接执行的机器语言(不像一般情况下，javac将代码编译为字节码，然后java -解释器逐行解释这个字节码，将其转换为机器代码并执行)。

另外，下次计算此函数时，将再次执行相同的编译代码，而不像常规解释那样逐行重新解释代码。这使得执行速度更快。

20%的字节码在80%的时间内被使用。JIT编译器获得这些统计数据，并优化这20%的字节代码，通过添加内联方法、删除未使用的锁等，并创建特定于这台机器的字节码来更快地运行。我引用这篇文章，我发现它很方便。http://java.dzone.com/articles/just-time-compiler-jit-hotspot

我知道这是一个老线程，但是运行时优化是JIT编译的另一个重要部分，这里似乎没有讨论它。基本上，JIT编译器可以在程序运行时监视它，以确定改进执行的方法。然后，它可以在运行时动态地进行这些更改。谷歌JIT优化(javaworld有一篇关于它的很好的文章。)

即时编译器(JIT)是一种软件，它接收一个不可执行的输入，并返回要执行的适当机器代码。例如:

Intermediate representation    JIT    Native machine code for the current CPU architecture

     Java bytecode            --->        machine code
     Javascript (run with V8) --->        machine code

其结果是，对于特定的CPU体系结构，必须安装适当的JIT编译器。

区别编译器、解释器和JIT

虽然在一般情况下，当我们想要将源代码转换为机器码时可能会有例外，但我们可以使用:

Compiler: Takes source code and returns a executable Interpreter: Executes the program instruction by instruction. It takes an executable segment of the source code and turns that segment into machine instructions. This process is repeated until all source code is transformed into machine instructions and executed. JIT: Many different implementations of a JIT are possible, however a JIT is usually a combination of a compiler and an interpreter. The JIT first turn intermediary data (e.g. Java bytecode) which it receives into machine language via interpretation. A JIT can often measures when a certain part of the code is executed often and the will compile this part for faster execution.