On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Benjamin Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, I think SpiderMonkey is a rather good place to start hacking > on at least if you know C++. The codebase is self-contained and has been > modernized nicely over the last few years. SM also doesn't take forever > to build, and its tests are fairly easy to write and run. Additionally, > unlike some Gecko modules, it's very active, so reviewers are not hard > to find.
Yes. Someone who says "I want to hack on the JS engine" has a much clearer route forward than, say, someone who says "I want to help reduce Firefox's memory consumption". The latter goal potentially takes you over the entire codebase, which is intimidating. Nick _______________________________________________ dev-tech-js-engine-internals mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-internals
