So, is it possible to use sort of 'pre-compiled' bytecode handlers so that 
we can avoid allocating exec pages on an x86 or arm machine?

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 3:02:10 PM UTC-7, Yang Guo wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> this is not that easy. The bytecode handlers for the interpreter are 
> compiled using parts of Turbofan, so you would at least have to port the 
> assembler and Turbofan.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Yang
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 7:39 PM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>    I understand that the pure interpreter mode is not a design goal for 
>> ignition, but I hope it could be at least an option so that some v8-based 
>> project would benefit from it. For example porting v8-based projects to 
>> some new OS/cpu arch would be much easier, and making v8 working on some 
>> very low-end devices with memory constrains could also be possible, and not 
>> only IOS, there're places which also prohibit dynamic code code generation 
>> (for some security reasons) which makes JIT not possible either. Currently 
>> JSC is the only option for this situation but I hope V8 could do that too 
>> because v8 has better API set and better performance.  If it is possible to 
>> have this option, I would be very happy to help on it.
>> Thanks!
>>
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