tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post8199432609683935335..comments2023-07-01T05:41:30.469-07:00Comments on Headius: InvokeDynamic: Actually Useful?headiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717357218364947795noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post-35207758122579727432007-01-03T14:39:00.000-08:002007-01-03T14:39:00.000-08:00I liked the kaboom part:)I liked the kaboom part:)zproxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06430406136997986616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post-65709814839103022082007-01-03T19:52:00.000-08:002007-01-03T19:52:00.000-08:00Also reconsidering Fixnum optimizations, the compi...Also reconsidering Fixnum optimizations, the compiler would have to emit guard code before all e.g. ... iload, iload, iadd ..., points to check whether specific Fixnum method has been changed. I'll try to check how YARV deals with that - the setting responsible for that is OPT_SPECIALISED_INSTRUCTION in vm_opts.hlopexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post-68732913916419137822007-01-05T22:16:00.000-08:002007-01-05T22:16:00.000-08:00Marcen, we can debate the merits of dynamic langua...Marcen, we can debate the merits of dynamic languages on the JVM until we're blue in the face, but the fastest way to kill off the Java "platform" is to forbid other languages on it.<br><br>Java (the language) is a boiler-plate ridden, barely-OO mess.Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post-61519264087434132572007-01-16T17:47:00.000-08:002007-01-16T17:47:00.000-08:00In reply to John (Catherino),As I see it, the main...In reply to John (Catherino),<br><br>As I see it, the main advantage is that every language that wants to call a (Java) method given only an Object, method name, and Object[] of arguments doesn't have to implement thier own version of your "findBestMethod"<br><br>Of course, this could easily be solved by extending java.lang.Class or java.lang.Object with an appropriate getMethodmichaelhttp://www.lawley.id.au/blog/noreply@blogger.com