This blog post is not about SubstrateVM nor GraalVM but focuses on the jaotc AOT compiler in HotSpot. In this blog post, we are going to focus on the Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) Compilation that was introduced in Java 9 (https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/295) with the addition of the jaotc command-line utility. This AOT compiler is based on the work done in Graal JIT. We are going to explore some of the trade