Re: SableJIT integration in SableVM

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 11:40:30PM -0500, Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-12-01 at 17:13 -0500, David Bélanger wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I will start looking forward in integration of SableJIT into SableVM.
> > Although, SableJIT has been kept up-to-date with changes from staging,
> > some code cleanup/reorganization will be required as the number of
> > changes to SableVM sources should be kept minimal.
> > 
> > I am thinking of making it available initially as a patch to SableVM
> > plus the set of SableJIT files available as a separate package.
> 
> That's a great idea!
> 
> Does it mean we'll see some kind of unofficial/experimental/expert-only
> release of SableJIT?  I'd like to see how big the patch is, that is, how
> much of SableVM you need to modify.  Then maybe we could actually think
> of having it somehow integrated into the mainline, if the changes
> weren't too intrusive.
> 

Yes.  Currently, the "broken" staging version has been merge in my
sandbox and I don't feel like going back.  Hopefully, the "broken" stuff
will get fixed soon.  BTW, which Java GUI apps break and that would not
be too big to install.

So basically, the plan is:
1) decrease amount of changes
2) improve the build process
3) release patch and/or sablevm-sablejit branch (i.e. SableVM with
SableJIT support).
4) further decrease the changes in SableVM code if possible.

David

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