MoarVM (''Metamodel On A Runtime Virtual Machine'') is a

virtual machine In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization/ emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide functionality of a physical computer. Their implementations may involve specialized h ...

built for the 6model object system. It is being built to serve as yet another VM backend for Raku. MoarVM was created to allow for greater efficiency than

Parrot Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoide ...

by having a closer internal representation to the model system used by Raku. Notably it was the virtual machine for the first stable version of

Rakudo Rakudo is a Raku compiler targeting MoarVM, and the Java Virtual Machine, that implements the Raku specification. It is currently the only major Raku compiler in active development. Originally developed within the Parrot project, the Rakudo sour ...

released in December 2015. Work began on MoarVM on March 31, 2012; the project was first publicly announced the following year on May 31, 2013. As of March 2014, it is the fastest virtual machine for

and

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in terms of startup time and build speed. MoarVM is available under the

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External links

Official website

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References

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