Re: Extending jsdIDebuggerService.

John J Barton wrote:

> 
> As far as I know tamarin is a JIT; as far as I know all practical 

Well that was just wrong:
http://wiki.mozilla.org/JavaScript:ActionMonkey
says under  Stage 5  (speculative)
"Merge the Tamarin interpreter and JIT into ActionMonkey."

> successful JITs also have interpreters because interpreters are faster 
> than compilers.  EG Java Hotspot or Jikes RVM: they only compile stuff 
> that has run more than a few times. So it seems likely that an 
> interpreter will be needed in Mozilla 2.  And history suggests that 
> follow-ons to FF3 will appear before Mozilla 2 arrives.  And experience 
> in the current code base with improvements in Javascript debugging will 
> aid any debugger in Mozilla 2.  All reasons to pursue jsd improvements.
>