Re: [webkit-dev] parallel layout research

2009-08-01 Thread lmeyerov
> It reminds me a lot of the work Badros did circa 2000 [1]. > That work added linear constraints to CSS and a variety of other languages. It did not show how to do flow-based layout with linear constraints: ultimately, the utility and applicability of their techniques to actual layout system

Re: [webkit-dev] parallel layout research

2009-07-31 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
I think parallel layout is an interesting topic to explore, in light of where CPUs are going. We probably can't use code in Cilk++ directly, but there might be useful ideas. It also seems to me from their paper that they are only handling some of the more basic aspects of CSS layout so fa

Re: [webkit-dev] parallel layout research

2009-07-31 Thread Peter Kasting
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Adam Roben wrote: > On Jul 31, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Alex Russell wrote: > > After a discussion this morning about the potential for parallel CSS >> layout with Erik Aarvidson, he pointed out a group at Berkeley doing >> research in this area: >> >> http://www.eec

Re: [webkit-dev] parallel layout research

2009-07-31 Thread Adam Barth
Adding Leo to the thread. Leo works down the hall from me. Adam On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Alex Russell wrote: > After a discussion this morning about the potential for parallel CSS > layout with Erik Aarvidson, he pointed out a group at Berkeley doing > research in this area: > >    htt

Re: [webkit-dev] parallel layout research

2009-07-31 Thread Adam Roben
On Jul 31, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Alex Russell wrote: After a discussion this morning about the potential for parallel CSS layout with Erik Aarvidson, he pointed out a group at Berkeley doing research in this area: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~lmeyerov/projects/pbrowser/ I think Dave Hyatt was

[webkit-dev] parallel layout research

2009-07-31 Thread Alex Russell
After a discussion this morning about the potential for parallel CSS layout with Erik Aarvidson, he pointed out a group at Berkeley doing research in this area: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~lmeyerov/projects/pbrowser/ The bits that jumped out to me were: * the source is available [0]