Javier E. Pimás1 , Stefan Marr2 , and Diego Garbervetsky3 The Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming, 2024, Vol. 8, Issue 2, Article 5 Submission date: 2023-05-31 Publication date: 2023-10-15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.22152/programming-journal.org/2024/8/5 Full text: PDF Abstract Object-oriented languages often use virtual machines (VMs) that provide mechanisms such as just-in-time (JIT) compilation and garbage collection (GC). These VM components are typically implemented in a separate laye...