I read the linked article, and did not interpret it the way you did. Certainly John does not come right out and say that TraceMonkey is much better, and he probably knows that if he did, we'd take it with a grain of salt since he works for Mozilla. (Note, though, that John isn't on the TraceMonkey team as far as I can tell--I think he's plenty busy with his other duties.)
I think he's excited by ALL the JS developments. On Sep 3, 4:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yup John believes TraceMonkey is much better than v8 > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:11 AM, Dana Woodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So you're saying that since Jon "thinks" TraceMonkey is better than V8 > > (despite the actual tests), than it must be? Or am I reading what you wrote > > wrong? > > > On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Dear folk ,for more information please check this Article which John Resig > > performed > > <http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-performance-rundown/> > >http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-performance-rundown/ > > it says Chrome has been powered by V8 javascript engine , and JOhn and his > > partners are working with TraceMonkey > > and developing it , he believe it is much better than V8 and they will > > import TraceMonkey to firefox 3.2 right now in firefox 3.1 Tracemonkey is > > BUilt in but it is disabled ... so guys I think we have to check our > > websites with CHrome and validate it .... > > Regards Pedram > > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Guy Fraser < <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Bil Corry wrote: > >> > My comment was written in the context of the quote I replied to. Guy > >> > Fraser wrote that Chrome was "designed to kill MSIE on corporate > >> > networks." If that is the case, then the fact that Google will also > >> > save money from the conversion of Firefox users certainly doesn't hurt > >> > either (from Google's perspective). I was subtly suggesting that > >> > while it may be accidental that Google is saving itself some revenue, > >> > it may also be intentional. It'll be interesting to see if Google > >> > ever offers Chrome-only features or services, which would entice users > >> > to switch to Chrome. > > >> Google have confirmed that they will be working with Mozilla until at > >> least 2011 - can't remember where I read it but it was announced recently. > > >> From google's perspective, any modern browser will serve their needs > >> IMHO - however, MSIE (including the now "not standard mode by default on > >> intranets any more" version 8 *sigh*) MUST die. > > >> With M$ playing around with unwanted features like web slices, rather > >> than making a browser that actually works, Google have a strong > >> incentive to kill off MSIE from the corporate networks (and remainder of > >> MSIE on home computers) in any way they can. As an industry, we just > >> can't move forward (properly) until MSIE is destroyed. > > >> Guy
