[Waba-spec] Re: Performance

[Sean L. <se...@cs...>]

[Last message tonight, I PROMISE!]

Guich quoth:

>    I'll post a list of my changes on the VM so that you can know what i
> done. The problem is that the list is huge (more than 70 changes) and i
> cannot precise very well what had changed. Also, currently i'm out of 
> time
> to do that. So, please give me one more week.

Guich, the ones I'm particularly interested in are those which can be 
implemented specifically in the core VM and aren't hard to do -- most 
bang for the buck, you know!  :-)

>    If you take a look at my current release and compare the 
> executeMethod
> part, you may see many of them.
>
>    The Waba 1.0 timmings are 143010/33340/8860/25940/126460/53250
> (graphics+native method/ loop/ field/ method/ array/ string)
>    The current release has: 76100/24180/4980/14870/94330/29360.

Please compile and run WabaMark and let us know the results on the 
SuperWaba VM.  
(http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~sean/newton/waba/dev/WabaMark.java), especially 
compared to the standard Waba VM on the same handheld.

Thanks!

Sean