From: Charles O Nutter <headius@...>
Date: 2006-07-02T08:45:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Huge performance gap

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On 7/1/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
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> Ah, but at least for the multiprogramming case, so can (and *does*) the
> operating system! And the *interpreter* can "collect performance data
> while the application is running" and optimize just as easily -- maybe
> ever more easily -- than some underlying abstract machine.


An interpreter *is* an underlying abstract machine. Ruby and Java both have
interpreters that do basically the same thing. Java additionally has a JIT
compiler that takes code the next step toward native.

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Charles Oliver Nutter @ headius.blogspot.com
JRuby Developer @ www.jruby.org
Application Architect @ www.ventera.com

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