&gt; How&#x27;s the managed runtime implemented (GC, memory model, etc.)?<p>In a first release we&#x27;re going to use Boehm GC. That&#x27;s just a stepping stone, not a long-term strategy. Stay tuned for news on this front.<p>&gt; How did you get rid of JVM and JRE class library dependencies of Scala?<p>We&#x27;re reimplementing &#x2F; porting from Apache Harmony all the things we need.<p>&gt; What&#x27;s the debugging story?<p>We&#x27;re going to integrate with lldb.<p>&gt; Is this in any way related to vmkit?<p>Not related in any way, apart from being based on LLVM.