First, there was TraceMonkey, then there was Google’s V8.
Now… SquirrelFish Extreme. Tacky name, but damn, does it look fast.
All of these use some form of JIT compiling and intelligent run-time caching schemes to get as much out of the interrupter as possible. But it looks like SFX’s regular expression JIT compiler is putting it over the top of V8.
I fully expect Google to answer in their typical fashion.
I do want to stress that comparing benchmarks of software that’s currently beta-quality (at best) is a bit misleading; however, with the oncoming wave of web-based applications (and rich JS frameworks, like Cappuccino), increasing JS performance is a beautiful, beautiful thing. And, so long as they’re sticking to standards, a little friendly competition never hurt nobody.
Peter Hosey, fellow Adium devl, has conceived of and birthed a new microsite much more useful than my previous entry’s: aretheiphoneapispublicyet.com
Steve Jobs must be a timelord, and he’s lost the keys to his TARDIS.
And the man’s got a point.
Apple promised a new (F)NDA would be delivered to developers “within a week or so” …over 3 weeks ago. And, while that won’t necessarily affect the public availability of the iPhone documentation, it at least will take some restrictions off current developers. Read More »
Tim Gunn makes it work, “Holla’s at ya boy,” and is so sad to see you go.
I really have nothing bad to say about Tim Gunn. Ever. He is, quite possibly, the calmest, least egotistical, least judgmental, yet most confident personality on the TV.
Also, he could totally take the What Not to Wear team in a back-alley knife fight. Word.