Inside Zero and Shark

Inside Zero and Shark is an ongoing series of articles describing some of the internal workings of Zero and Shark, and the design decisions that led up to them.

• 1 Java threads and state transitions
• 2 Handles and oops, traps and checks
• 3 Calling conventions and the call stub
• 4 The Java stack
• 5 HotSpot’s stacks
• 6 The call stub and the frame manager
• …to be continued