Bytecode VMs in surprising places (2024)

Patrick Dubroy About Now Consulting Archives Bytecode VMs in surprising places April 30, 2024 In response to a question on Twitter1, Richard Hipp wrote about why SQLite uses a bytecode VM for executing SQL statements. Most people probably associate bytecode VMs with general-purpose programming languages, like JavaScript or Python. But sometimes they appear in surprising places! Here are a few that I know about. eBPF Did you know that inside the Linux kernel, there’s an extension mechanism that i