Doug, Thank you. I suspect we will dance together on specific performance improvements - so getting your use cases may identify optimizations we have not yet done - and that would be helpful to both of us.
Ian - any feedback? thanks, Karen > On Jun 25, 2017, at 6:08 PM, Doug Lea <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I missed this meeting (out at PLDI/ISMM/ECOOP) but ... > > On 06/23/2017 04:33 PM, Karen Kinnear wrote: >> >> Hotspot and IBM: >> what could be available for early access for early adopters to >> experiment with? >> revisit early access timing - if we were to set expectations that >> - model would be to deliver binaries and periodic binary updates to >> match the source builds. This is not a one shot delivery. >> - limit functionality (platforms, reflection behavior unspecified, >> no JVMTI, …) >> - performance improvements are not yet there, expect to come in >> incrementally >> - maybe verifier isn’t ready? >> - stability issues >> >> *Potential early adopters: Ian Graves? Doug Lea? Others?* >> * So - would you be willing to start experimenting with minimal value >> types even with the restrictions above?* >> > > Yes. This should be enough to try out some useful experiments. > At least if "not there yet" doesn't mean "dreadful" performance. > For example, trying out techniques for parallel sorting of values > seems possible, and is likely to be informative about other possible > concurrent/parallel library improvements. > > -Doug > > > >
