[squeak-dev] Re: [Pharo-dev] New Cog VMs available
Chris Muller
asqueaker at gmail.com
Sat Apr 18 02:42:43 UTC 2015
> But yesterday and today a wonderful thing has happened. Clément has
> understood the core optimization and code generation structures in the JIT
> as well as I do and is now both improving the code quality and implementing
> more aggressive optimizations. This is /so/ satisfying. You know how good
> Clément is. His input is so strong. I am /very/ happy. For example,
> Clément is currently modifying #== in the Spur JIT so that the code checks
> for forwarders only if #== is false, and that if #== is false and either
> object is a forwarder, it/them is/are followed and the #== retried. This
> should speed up #== by 50%. It won't make much difference at the macro
> level but this is a non-trivial optimization to write and so now we have two
> people who really understand the core optimizing JIT and I can now happily
> run in front of a bus.
This is like watching a gripping novel unfold! Congratulations
Clément for joining Eliot in Spur's engine room, and to Eliot for
enjoying more company there, your elation is infectious..
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