Re: [Python-Dev] V8, TraceMonkey, SquirrelFish and Python

2009-01-27 Thread Mart Sõmermaa
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Jesse Noller wrote: > Hi Mart, > > This is a better discussion for the python-ideas list. That being > said, there was a thread discussing this last year, see: > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-October/083176.html > > -jesse > Indeed, sorry. In

Re: [Python-Dev] V8, TraceMonkey, SquirrelFish and Python

2009-01-27 Thread Steve Holden
Jesse Noller wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Mart Sõmermaa wrote: >> As most of you know there's constant struggle on the JavaScript front to get >> even faster performance out of interpreters. >> V8, TraceMonkey and SquirrelFish have brought novel ideas to interpreter >> design, wouldn'

Re: [Python-Dev] V8, TraceMonkey, SquirrelFish and Python

2009-01-27 Thread Jesse Noller
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Mart Sõmermaa wrote: > As most of you know there's constant struggle on the JavaScript front to get > even faster performance out of interpreters. > V8, TraceMonkey and SquirrelFish have brought novel ideas to interpreter > design, wouldn't it make sense to reap th

[Python-Dev] V8, TraceMonkey, SquirrelFish and Python

2009-01-27 Thread Mart Sõmermaa
As most of you know there's constant struggle on the JavaScript front to get even faster performance out of interpreters. V8, TraceMonkey and SquirrelFish have brought novel ideas to interpreter design, wouldn't it make sense to reap the best bits and bring them to Python? Has anyone delved into t