A mechanism is provided for operating a computing system, in which an inner virtual machine translates first instructions, which are supported by the inner virtual machine, into second instructions, which are supported by an outer virtual machine. The mechanism encodes, in the inner virtual machine, third instructions into the second instructions into which the first instructions are translated, the third instructions including hints for facilitating an execution of the second instructions, and, in an event the hints are supported by the outer virtual machine, initiating the execution of the second instructions while utilizing the hints by the outer virtual machine to achieve an increased efficiency of the execution of the second instructions.