Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:38:23 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Bill Huey <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org> Cc: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>, java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mozilla core... & HotSpot update Message-ID: <15514.3199.968025.626479@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20020321063724.GA6657@gnuppy.monkey.org> References: <200203201509.PAA29782@sorley.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> <20020320201858.GA3125@gnuppy.monkey.org> <15512.61557.26582.852492@caddis.yogotech.com> <20020320233301.GA4011@gnuppy.monkey.org> <15513.7648.287464.414451@caddis.yogotech.com> <20020321000145.GA4319@gnuppy.monkey.org> <20020321142512.A65790@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20020321063724.GA6657@gnuppy.monkey.org>
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> The entire compiler is protected by mutexes in all notable major > sections presummably because they like to have things as optimized > for threading as much as possible. Actually, mutexes almost always slow things down, so I doubt it's an optimization issue. It's probably to ensure a method is completely JIT'd before they allow execution of the new version. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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