Re:Firefox 9 uses type inference to improve JavaScript perfo...
by rayiner on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @04:36PM
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He's correct. This type inference is actually being added to JaegerMonkey according to the article, though IonMonkey will have it too when it's ready.
Crankshaft uses type feedback, not type inference. Ie: it will monitor the types of objects to generate type-specialized code, but will not do static type inference on the code to generate type-specialized code.
Crankshaft uses type feedback, not type inference. Ie: it will monitor the types of objects to generate type-specialized code, but will not do static type inference on the code to generate type-specialized code.