[Haskell-cafe] Small optimisation question

[Stefan O'Rear]

On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 12:39:14PM -0600, Jake McArthur wrote:
> On Nov 17, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Stefan O'Rear wrote:
>
>> The STG-machine was brilliant when it was designed, but times have
>> changed.  In particular, indirect jumps are no longer cheap.  Pointer
>> tagging has allowed STG to hobble into the 21st century, but really the
>> air is ripe for a new abstract machine.
>
> Do you know of any candidates?

Hahaha - no.

(Do ask John Meacham though - he keeps *saying* he has a new AM...)

Stefan
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