On Jan 7, 2:47 pm, Ricky Clarkson <ricky.clark...@gmail.com> wrote: > A JIT, not a source compiler. Java source compilers never see the > whole program.
But neither do JIT's, they see subsection - usually suitable stack frames (i.e. .NET and HotSpot) or vertical traces (i.e. Dalvik). > I'm sure someone back in the day thought that JITs would never be able > to inline non-final methods. That's mostly a definition issue isn't it? You still can't inline statically, but you CAN remember the slot in the VTABLE which was used last time and jump directly there if not marked dirty. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
