Re: RFC 35 (v1) A proposed internal base format for perl

[Chaim Frenkel]

>>>>> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

DS> How much of the current base of target ports are you willing to give up in
DS> the first cut for fast? The TIL suggestion, amongst others, has the
DS> potential to speed things up rather a lot, but it has the disadvantage of
DS> requiring intimate knowledge of each target port. My preference is to get
DS> a snappy interpreter and leave the Java JIT-equivalents to the various
DS> chip/OS vendors, but I'd bet the TIL style would be faster.

I don't think so. 

A TIL doesn't have to be machine code. A first pass for a port that does
the TIL inner loop in C, should be quite portable. 

A faster port, that intimately understands the compiler and how to play 
with it, can be done at lesiure.

<chaim>
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