You should take a look at this too: https://github.com/codemix/fast.js - 
Functions written in JS are faster than the native functions. Is there 
something to be done?

Am Sonntag, 31. August 2014 02:16:37 UTC+2 schrieb Isiah Meadows:
>
> I profiled various native methods, comparing them to equivalent polyfills 
> and special-cased ones. I compared the following functions:
>
>    - Math.abs(x)
>    - Array.prototype.pop()
>    - Math.ceil(x)
>    - Array.prototype.join(sep)
>
> I found the following things from testing in various browsers:
>
>    - Math.abs(x)
>       - Webkit is about twice as fast as V8 in the native implementation.
>       - Webkit's performance in the rest is on par with V8's.
>       - Similar performance between type-ignorant polyfills and native 
>       implementation (on all browsers)
>    - Array.prototype.pop()
>       - Firefox clearly hasn't optimized the special case for arrays 
>       natively.
>       - JS polyfills are insanely slow, with type checking making little 
>       difference.
>    - Math.ceil(x)
>       - JS polyfills significantly slower, but that is explainable with 
>       the better bitwise ability with floats/doubles/etc. in C/C++.
>          - Mine does it without branching, but a potentially better way 
>          is to decrement if less than 0 and truncate it.
>       - Webkit is a little faster, but not a lot.
>    - Array.prototype.join(sep)
>       - JS standards polyfill rather slow
>       - JS polyfill assuming an array is over twice as fast as the native 
>       implementation (If it optimizes for this case, it should structurally 
>       resemble a Java Object[] internally).
>          - This really needs a special case (or better special case) for 
>          Arrays.
>       
> I can't a patch for this yet, because of current CLA confusion 
> (off-topic), but it should be relatively simple.
>

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