Re:Java Polyfill for the Browser
by loxs on Sunday May 08, 2016 @04:38PM
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I'm always amused when a new and "better" (browser) technology's website makes my browser hang up.
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The main goal of Doppio was never speed -- it was compatibility [0]. It's actually a JVM interpreter at present, leading to noticeable slowdown over a native JVM.
Thus, there are many opportunities for performance improvements!
A recent contributor is starting to add a JIT to Doppio, which is a step in the right direction [1].
[0] Our academic paper from PLDI 2014 has more details, although the project has evolved since then (it's now JDK8 compatible, for example): https://plasma-umass.github.io/doppio-demo/paper.pdf