Forty years of JIT: how just-in-time compilation took shape from 1960 to 2000
A brief history of just-in-time: forty years of JIT work, from 1960–2000
A survey tracing four decades of just-in-time compilation research, from its earliest roots in the 1960s through the turn of the millennium. The paper maps how the idea evolved across languages and systems before JIT became a standard part of modern runtimes.
A brief history of just-in-time: forty years of JIT work, from 1960–2000.