Java Bytecode

[MartinRixham]

What programming language should we add?
Java bytecode. Learning bytecode is not just an academic exercise. The JVM is ever more ubiquitous and will probably outlast the Java language itself. Several common libraries interact directly with bytecode and it is exposed to Java programs via the instrumentation API.

What is the official website for the language?
java.com I guess

Is this a language that comes in many variants? If so, which variant should we support?
Bytecode has been relatively stable over the years with just a few additions. Java 11, the current LTS version, uses class file version 55.

Does the language have an official logo?
There is the Java coffee cup but not one specifically for bytecode as far as I'm aware

Does the language have an unofficial logo?
Still no I believe

Is there a testing framework available for the language?
Any test framework for java will work. JUnit would be the classic choice

Is this language listed as 'supported' by Prism.js?
no

If it is not supported by Prism.js, what is the closest supported language it maps to?
¯_(ツ)_/¯

Who will be leading the effort to launch the track?
I can contribute but other contributors are needed.

[kytrinyx]

@MartinRixham This is exciting! If you can get together a team of folks to contribute, report back here and I will bootstrap a track repository for you!

[emilianbold]

I see this is a 2 year old issue but Java bytecode would be a neat track.

Note that we would need an assembler and http://jasmin.sourceforge.net hasn't been updated in a decade.

If this creates as a side project an assembler for current gen JVM bytecode it would be awesome.

[iHiD]

We'd need someone to lead on this. @emilianbold Is that you? :)

[emilianbold]

As much as I would love to fiddle with a Java assembler, I'd rather see why exercism/solidity is not live.