[Development] Proposal for "container-oriented deterministic memory manager"

[Konstantin Tokarev]

05.01.2017, 23:06, "André Pönitz" <apoenitz at t-online.de>:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 07:57:54AM -0600, Thiago Macieira wrote:
>>  Em quinta-feira, 5 de janeiro de 2017, às 07:26:52 CST, Phil Bouchard
>>  escreveu:
>>  > > AFAIU QtQuickCompiler has nothing to do with memory management, its main
>>  > > purpose is reduction of start up time and obfuscation of sources.
>>  >
>>  > Ok I assumed that execution time would be affected because the code is
>>  > compiled.
>>
>>  The code is compiled anyway. The difference is only *when* it is compiled: at
>>  release time of your application or when your user launches it (JIT).
>
> It's not the only difference. A JIT compiler has typically not the same
> scope/abilities/optimization opportunities as a real compiler, not to mention
> deficiencies in a language that has 'double' as only numeric type.

Yes, JIT compiler has much more optimization opportunities in case of dynamically typed language than "real" compiler. It sees what types are actually passed as function arguments so can produce optimal fast paths, while static compiler would have to generate only type-unaware code or guess types.

>
> So "compiler" and "compiler" are apples and oranges in this case.
>
>>  JIT = Just Too Late (because it will start compiling the moment you need it)
>
> Correct.
>
> And done on each and every (often under-powered) device out there, if not even
> done on each and every application start, instand once when preparing binary
> packages.
>
> *sigh*
>
> Andre'
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Konstantin