Tutorial by Examples: bytecode

Python is a hybrid interpreter. When running a program, it first assembles it into bytecode which can then be run in the Python interpreter (also called a Python virtual machine). The dis module in the standard library can be used to make the Python bytecode human-readable by disassembling classes, ...

If you want to see the generated bytecode for a Java program, you can use the provided javap command to view it. Assuming that we have the following Java source file: package com.stackoverflow.documentation; import org.springframework.stereotype.Service; import java.io.IOException; import j...

Bytecode is the set of instructions used by the JVM. To illustrate this let's take this Hello World program. public static void main(String[] args){ System.out.println("Hello World"); } This is what it turns into when compiled into bytecode. public static main([Ljava/lang/String...

The Python interpreter compiles code to bytecode before executing it on the Python's virtual machine (see also What is python bytecode?. Here's how to view the bytecode of a Python function import dis def fib(n): if n <= 2: return 1 return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2) # Display the disas...