Unladen swallow: accelerating Python
Unladen swallow: accelerating Python
Posted May 7, 2009 9:26 UTC (Thu) by brouhaha (subscriber, #1698)In reply to: Unladen swallow: accelerating Python by niner
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Does Parrot compile to native code? (I haven't looked at it in that much detail.) LLVM generally does. LLVM also has a large number of optional optimization passes that can be applied.
On the other hand, the semantic level of LLVM is somewhat lower than that of Parrot.
Posted May 11, 2009 19:45 UTC (Mon)
by chromatic (guest, #26207)
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Unladen swallow: accelerating Python
Parrot has a nascent JIT, but it doesn't currently compile to native code. Parrot's intent right now is to provide excellent compiler tools so that multiple languages can interoperate at a calling conventions level. Optimization is a secondary priority. (It's still a priority, but it's not the primary priority at the moment.)