Parrot vs NekoVM

[Nicolas Cannasse]

Hi list,

Yesterday I did a quick fib(30) benchmark comparing Parrot Win32 daily 
build (using jit core) and NekoVM (http://nekovm.org). The results are 
showing that Parrot is 5 times slower than Neko (see my blog post on 
this point there : http://ncannasse.free.fr/?p=66).

I would like to understand why there is a so much big speed difference 
while NekoVM does not have JIT yet. Is there a semantical difference for 
integer calculus or is it just a VM implementation issue ?

Best,
Nicolas