Twitter's Quest for a Wholly Graal Runtime

Explore Twitter's journey towards implementing a Graal runtime in this insightful conference talk by Chris Thalinger. Delve into the intricacies of compilers, discover the motivations behind Twitter's adoption of Graal, and learn about the challenges faced during implementation. Gain valuable insights into performance improvements, including static fields optimization and compact strings. Examine real-world examples from Twitter's services, understand the impact of escape analysis, and compare Scala and Java performance. Conclude with a comprehensive summary and engage in a thought-provoking Q&A session to deepen your understanding of Graal's potential in large-scale applications.

Intro
What is a compiler
What is Twitter
GDK
Why Graal
Bugs
Static Fields
Compact Strings
Twitter Service
Tweet Service
Escape Analysis
How much did we save
More improvement
Official support
Scala vs Java
Summary
Best question