On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:08 AM, J. Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In particular, direct threaded code leads to less horrible branch > prediction than switch dispatch on many machines (exactly how > pronounced this effect is depends heavily on the specific > architecture).
To clarify: This is *NOT* actually a form of threading, is it? It "merely" breaks the giant dispatch table into a series of small ones, while also grouping instructions into larger superinstructions? OS threads are not touched at any point? -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
