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- Subject: Re: C vs LuaJit
- From: Miles Bader <miles@...>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:10:31 +0900
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Jean-Yves F. Barbier <12ukwn@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, AFAI understand, a JIT compiler takes advantage of the context by
> compiling to machine code only what is needed, opposed to a conventional
> compiler that produce highly optimized code but as a whole?
Yes, and in some cases that strategy can lead to better code than a
conventional compiler, because the JIT compiler (even if it's
"simpler"), can produce code optimized exactly for individual hot
paths through the code.
-miles
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