Native compilation was used in V8 from the very beginning, so you will not find any old versions having en interpreter. Regarding RegExp you will find that older versions uses PCRE for RegExp processing. Regards, Søren
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 20:08, Rames <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the details. I actually want to use native implementation > in the end, but I need more details as I want to run v8 om mobile > systems. > > Do you know if I can find an old version of v8 with both interpreter > and native modes, or has it been developed with native compilation > from scratch? > A version with both modes, even old, might save me a lot of work. > > Thanks > > Alexandre > > On Aug 18, 10:11 pm, "Lasse R.H. Nielsen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The native regexp implementation is significantly faster, but it uses > > slightly more memory, and it's not currently available on ARM.You should > > generally prefer the native implementation if it is available. It's > really > > an artifact of development that you can still use the interpreter on > > platforms where native regexp is available (i.e., it made sense during > > development, and we haven't had a reason to remove the flag since then). > > > > /L > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 23:35, Stephan Beal <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 2009/8/18 Søren Gjesse <[email protected]> > > > > >> One exception is the RegExp engine which have an interpreter and > native > > >> code version. The compile time define V8_NATIVE_REGEXP enables > generating > > >> native code for RegExp processing. > > > > > Are there notable advantages (for clients) in using one implementation > or > > > the other? > > > > > -- > > > ----- stephan beal > > >http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ > > > > -- > > Lasse R.H. Nielsen / [email protected]'Faith without judgement merely > > degrades the spirit divine' > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
