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stefan-marr.de | ||
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pointersgonewild.com
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| | | | | The 1980s and 1990s saw the genesis of Perl, Ruby, Python, PHP and JavaScript: interpreted, dynamically-typed programming languages which favored ease of use and flexibility over performance. In many ways, these programming languages are a product of the surrounding context. The 90s were the peak of the dot-com hype, and CPU clock speeds were still... | |
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cfallin.org
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article discusses the development of an Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compiler for JavaScript, leveraging precompiled inline-cache (IC) stubs. By moving runtime type binding to indirect calls, the compiler can generate static code, enabling full AOT compilation. This approach achieves significant performance improvements, with a 2.77x geometric mean speedup on various benchmarks. The article also explores further optimizations through profile-guided inlining, and compares this method with other AOT approaches like Hopc's type inference. The potential for future enhancements and the use of compiler backends derived from interpreters are also highlighted. | |
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github.com
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| | | | | Are We Fast Yet? Comparing Language Implementations with Objects, Closures, and Arrays - smarr/are-we-fast-yet | |
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countvajhula.com
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| | | [AI summary] The article explores the philosophical and mathematical implications of using the '+' operator in programming languages, discussing whether it should represent addition or concatenation and the broader structures like monoids and groups that these operations embody. | ||
