Jacob Potter wrote: > On 12/3/06, Pat Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> First, Perl and Java are usually compiled into byte code that is >> peephole optimized using JIT techniques. > > I'm pretty sure Perl isn't JIT compiled. Java, .NET, and ActionScript > 3 are, Python can be with Psyco (on 32-bit x86), and I think Perl 6 > will be, but Perl 5 just interprets the bytecode.
OK, it will be true RSN. Every language that is getting any active development is moving there. And peephole optimizations are taught in any grad school compiler course. Not direction applicable to this thread, but some of the JIT code is pretty impressive. Proper optimization for an ancient Pentium-4 is quite different than that for a modern Dual Core or AMD X2. The days of running a single binary compiled for generic X386 code are rapidly drawing to a close. > I absolutely agree with all your other points though. I've toyed with > the idea of a Python rewrite myself, but it really wouldn't be worth > it. Yeah, I'm working on making the Mandriva installation a little less obscure, as that is a suitably low hanging fruit that it is worth the time. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
