<s>
NekoVM	O
is	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
developed	O
by	O
Nicolas	O
Cannasse	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
(	O
R&D	O
)	O
efforts	O
at	O
two	O
independent	O
video	O
game	O
developers	O
in	O
Bordeaux	O
,	O
France	O
:	O
first	O
at	O
Motion	O
Twin	O
and	O
then	O
at	O
Shiro	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
pairing	O
allows	O
Neko	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
directly	O
as	O
an	O
embedded	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
or	O
to	O
target	O
NekoVM	O
by	O
compiling	B-Language
some	O
other	O
language	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Haxe	B-Language
)	O
to	O
NekoVM	O
bytecode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neko	O
has	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
(	O
VM	O
)	O
with	O
garbage	B-General_Concept
collection	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
converts	O
a	O
source	O
.neko	O
file	O
into	O
a	O
bytecode	O
.n	O
file	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
with	O
the	O
VM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Neko	O
FAQ	O
puts	O
it	O
:	O
"	O
it	O
...	O
is	O
easier	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
new	O
or	O
existing	O
language	O
on	O
the	O
NekoVM	O
than	O
it	O
is	O
for	O
the	O
CLR	O
/	O
JVM	B-Language
,	O
since	O
you	O
do	O
n’t	O
have	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
a	O
highlevel	O
type	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neko	O
requires	O
compiling	B-Language
before	O
executing	O
,	O
like	O
other	O
scripting	B-Language
languages	I-Language
such	O
as	O
Apache	B-Application
Groovy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Haxe	B-Language
programming	O
language	O
can	O
compile	B-Language
to	O
Neko	O
code	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
targets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Neko	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
is	O
used	O
to	O
execute	O
a	O
Neko	O
bytecode	O
file	O
,	O
the	O
VM	O
also	O
has	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
convert	O
a	O
bytecode	O
file	O
into	O
an	O
executable	O
file	O
(	O
output	O
changes	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
target	O
operating	O
system	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neko	O
includes	O
Apache	B-Application
server	I-Application
modules	O
for	O
Neko	O
language	O
and	O
mod_tora	O
for	O
hosting	O
the	O
NekoVM	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
