Dynamix on the Frame VM: Declarative dynamic semantics on a VM using scopes as frames

Over the years virtual machines (VMs) have been created to abstract over computer hardware. This simplified code generation and allowed for easy portability between hardware platforms. These VMs are however highly tailored to a particular runtime model. This improves the execution speed, but places restrictions on the types of languages that the...

Native WebLab: Safe Execution of Native Code in WebLab

WebLab is a system where students can write and test code using an online interface. Course coordinators can create assignments and exams, where they can define automated tests to verify that the student code meets requirements. As WebLab only offered support for programming languages which run on the Java Virtual Machine, it was limited to a...