With 1.2 almost out the door, we should talk a bit about where to go
with 1.3. There's always more work to do, but in this case there's a few
directions we could probably go.
Some obvious items will continue to see work:
* 1.9 libraries, interp, compiler, parser
* 1.8.6 bugs
But there's others that we may need to prioritize:
* Ruby code execution performance
* Specific library performance (YAML, IO, Java)
* More Java integration refactoring (esp. subclassing)
* "Compiler #2" to produce normal Java classes from Ruby
* Improvements to AOT compilation (all-at-once, eliminate runtime codegen)
And there's a number of internal chores to work on too:
* Start generating most of the call path, to reduce duplicate code
* Specific-arity optimizations for block yield (could be big)
* Compiler cleanup and refactoring
* Modularization of core classes that aren't valid on applet, Android,
secured envs, etc; also may allow shipping smaller runtimes
* More startup perf work; I have a few ideas
As always, there's way more work than the few of us committing can do,
so I think we need to hear from users what's important. Any of these?
Other items?
- Charlie
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