Abstract: A system and method are provided for efficiently executing intermediate code. The method comprises: receiving an application generated in an intermediate code such as JAVA, .NET, or VisualBasic; automatically compiling the intermediate code into native machine code; saving the native machine code in permanent memory; receiving a command to execute the application; accessing the native machine code from permanent memory; and, executing the application using the native machine code. Some aspects of the method further comprise: tagging the native machine code in permanent memory as a native machine code version of the application; and, in response to receiving a command to execute the application, checking the permanent memory for a native machine code version of the application. Then, accessing native machine code from permanent memory includes accessing native machine code if a native machine code version of the application is identified in permanent memory.