From: Jon Harrop <jonathandeanharrop@googlemail.com>
To: "'bluestorm'" <bluestorm.dylc@gmail.com>,
"'Benedikt Meurer'" <benedikt.meurer@googlemail.com>
Cc: <caml-list@yquem.inria.fr>
Subject: RE: [Caml-list] OCamlJIT2 vs. OCamlJIT
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:19:01 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0a7d01cb90d4$3871ce00$a9556a00$@com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=Wu1SXVgQ+X0NECNx3oUsD=xEy-9Zq6T3ncJ+W@mail.gmail.com>
Bluestorm wrote:
> - more optimizations : the LLVM guys try to develop a wide range of
optimization passes between
> LLVM IR and native code, while ocamlopt is mostly a "non-optimising
compiler". It's not clear
> however how much gain we could have, as OCaml has already optimized the
most important parts,
> and a big part of the performance concerns are outside the LLVM area (data
representation and
> GC). Still, the experience of GHC-LLVM has been quite positive, with
noticeable improvements
> in some cases.
Without a typeful intermediate representation of the program, LLVM's hands
would be tied when it comes to most optimization passes. You need to convey
as much type information as possible via the LLVM IR for LLVM's optimization
passes to be really effective.
Cheers,
Jon.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-30 21:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-30 8:36 Benedikt Meurer
2010-11-30 10:48 ` [Caml-list] " Török Edwin
2010-11-30 10:55 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-11-30 17:01 ` bluestorm
2010-11-30 17:26 ` Török Edwin
2010-11-30 18:27 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-11-30 17:29 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-11-30 17:32 ` Yoann Padioleau
2010-11-30 22:06 ` Jon Harrop
2010-11-30 22:48 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-12-01 14:11 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-01 15:00 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-12-01 22:03 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-02 1:17 ` Eray Ozkural
2010-12-03 10:03 ` ocamlopt LLVM support (Was: [Caml-list] OCamlJIT2 vs. OCamlJIT) Benedikt Meurer
2010-12-03 13:34 ` Till Varoquaux
2010-12-03 13:41 ` Eray Ozkural
2010-12-03 14:06 ` Török Edwin
2010-12-03 21:16 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-05 16:44 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-12-03 14:32 ` Philippe Strauss
2010-12-03 21:22 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-03 21:45 ` Philippe Strauss
2010-12-03 15:32 ` Michael Ekstrand
2010-12-03 21:34 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-03 20:07 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-05 16:37 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-12-05 16:57 ` Török Edwin
2010-12-05 20:54 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-12-05 20:12 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-05 21:21 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-12-05 21:44 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-12-06 22:38 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-05 22:41 ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2010-12-05 22:34 ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2010-12-06 8:27 ` Benedikt Meurer
2010-12-06 9:28 ` David Rajchenbach-Teller
2010-12-06 11:08 ` Richard Jones
2010-12-06 20:18 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-01 0:16 ` [Caml-list] OCamlJIT2 vs. OCamlJIT Erik de Castro Lopo
2010-12-01 1:34 ` Yoann Padioleau
2010-12-01 12:58 ` Jon Harrop
2010-12-01 13:55 ` ivan chollet
2010-11-30 21:19 ` Jon Harrop [this message]
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