Virtual-Machine

Designing a Language with a VM Model but without Runtime Bloat

Many developers want the clarity and control that comes from designing a language around a custom virtual machine, but they do not want to ship a heavy runtime, a slow interpreter, or a dependency that resembles Java or the .NET framework. A language can use a virtual machine internally while still producing very small native binaries. The VM becomes the semantic core, not a component that must be delivered to the end user. This article explains how such a system can be designed, how to structure the toolchain, and how to keep native executables small and portable.