[pypy-dev] [pypy-sprint] AVM2 / Tamarin backend at the sprint

[Toby Watson]

>> - speed. The new VM is a lot faster than the old one and has a  
>> JITer. I know that this has a go at all non-constructor methods as  
>> classes are loaded and can be very fast. AS3 is now running things  
>> like the Papervision3D library which is pretty CPU intensive,  
>> though I admit making particular type of requirements on the VM.
>
> My gut feeling is the pure size of our Python interpreter, but maybe  
> I am pessimistic. I think in terms of features we should be fine.

I did once have to change a few of the SWF defaults like  
max_stack_depth and is_this_script_dead_timeout? for a client project  
involving 100's of classes. But that was with the old VM ;-)

> Well, the usual mode of programming at a sprint (and one of the main  
> points of doing one) is to work on a problem in pairs. That's why it  
> would be nice if we found somebody else who is interested in this.  
> Of course the general environment of industriousness and being able  
> to ask questions all the time already helps :-).

Agreed that pairing is often super-productive.

Toby