Javascript bytecode

[Walter Bright]

On 12/19/2012 4:54 PM, Rob T wrote:
> One question I have for you, is what percentage performance gain can you expect
> to get by using a well chosen bytecode-like language verses interpreting
> directly from source code?

I know of zero claims that making a bytecode standard for javascript will 
improve performance.


> The other question, is are there better alternative techniques? For example,
> compiling regular source directly to native using a JIT approach. In many ways,
> this seems like the very best approach, which I suppose is precisely what you've
> been arguing about all this time. So perhaps I've managed to convince myself
> that you are indeed correct. I'll take that stance and see if it sticks.

Not exactly, I argue that having a bytecode standard is useless. How a compiler 
works internally is fairly irrelevant.