Igor, i would like to know also the "why" i should use NB instead of other choices. Pros and cons. Looking forward to see your talk! Fernando
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Henrik Johansen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:04 11PM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> i'd like to know what you would like to know about things you don't >> know about NativeBoost :) >> because i don't know what would you like to know more: >> >> - more in-depth about an implementation details >> - more about examples and how to use it > > I much prefer this topic. Implementation details may be too low level and > maybe few can follow you. > > From a newbie point of view, I would be nice to make clear the relation > between a JIT and NativeBoost. What they do, which are the differences, etc. > For example, may NativeBoost help the JIT ? how? > Then, I would like to hear how NativeBoost is related to FFI. > > +1. > I don't think you need more implementation details than a brief overview of > how it works (store machine generated from smalltalk assembly code in > methods with a special tag, execute that instead of method body if it's been > generated). > Then spend the rest of the time on how you use that, starting at the bottom > and building some NB-versions of normal smalltalk methods directly, then how > you've implement an FFI on top of it, and how it could fit into a JIT/other > interesting stuff written entirely image-side. > IE. focus on "how do/can I use it?" rather than "how does it work?" > Cheers, > Henry >
