How JavaScript works: inside the V8 engine

Re:How JavaScript works: inside the V8 engine by Veedrac on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:37AM (#15072786)

Apologies for prodding a sore spot! The phase ordering problem is a well known demon for compilers; makes me wonder why I've not heard anything about unphased compilation.

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Re:How JavaScript works: inside the V8 engine by eddyb on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @02:04PM (#15074914)

No worries, I'm just surprised you managed to find a simple testcase that exhibits it, so, really, thank you!

I've opened a (a bit vague for now) issue so at least I don't forget about it: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44041

As for phase ordering - someone did show me recently VSDG, which claims to solve at least part of the problem (specifically, https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-705.pdf and http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/7576/1/Stanier%2C_James.pdf).

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Re:How JavaScript works: inside the V8 engine by Veedrac on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:50PM (#15085885)

Awesome references, seems I have some fun reading :). (Trivia: Alan Mycroft actually supervised me for my undergraduate dissertation.)

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