Re: Discussing Lua compiling

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 4/22/2011 12:28 AM, Jeff Smith wrote:
> Q1) What approx performance benefit should I expect in using a
> byte code version of a program rather than the source code version
> ? I did a quick test on the PC, my test program shrunk from 91k
> down to 59k when I ran it through luac. So that will save a few
> mS, just moving the file around, reading it etc. Am I correct in
> assuming when a Lua Src program runs, it first compiles to byte
> code and then once that stage completes, you would expect
> identical execution times between a byte code version and a source
> version ? So the execution time saving is just the initial one off
> compile time ?

See the last part of this page for a few primitive data points:
http://luasrcdiet.luaforge.net/

It's hardly noticeable unless the source file is very large. Once 
the bytecode is running, there is no difference anyway.

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Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia