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Maxine Virtual Machine
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<p>The Maxine virtual machine is an open source <a href="/facts/Virtual_machine/BLevU3sx">virtual machine</a> that is developed at the University of Manchester. It was formerly developed by <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems_Laboratories/gjuXDhUA">Sun Microsystems Laboratories</a>, since renamed Oracle Labs. The emphasis in Maxine's <a href="/facts/Software_architecture/1Hokp0Ed">software architecture</a> is on modular design and code reuse for flexibility, configurability, and productivity for industrial and academic virtual machine researchers. It is one of a growing number of <a href="/facts/Java_virtual_machine/l9Nzrsun">Java virtual machines</a> written entirely in Java in a <a href="/facts/Meta-circular_evaluator/1V4CyuTQ">meta-circular</a> style. Examples include <a href="/facts/Squawk_virtual_machine/p3LJpnBd">Squawk</a> and <a href="/facts/Jikes_RVM/IIwrVMDv">Jikes RVM</a>. </p>