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Chris Seaton @ VMSS16: JRuby+Truffle: Why it’s Important to Optimise the Tricky Parts

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Compilers, interpreters & program analysisPython, Ruby & scripting languagesSoftware performance & optimization

What it is

Chris Seaton talks about JRuby+Truffle, explaining how the Truffle and Graal combination optimises the tricky parts of Ruby and why it outperforms other Ruby implementations.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it for specifics on how Truffle and Graal achieve strong dynamic-language performance.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “Chris Seaton gave this talk recently about JRuby+Truffle and some specifics about how it optimises so well compared to other Ruby implementations.”

    Explains how JRuby+Truffle optimises so well compared to other Rubies.

    matthewrudy, 2016-07 · Recommendation · in “Graal and Truffle could accelerate programming language design”

  2. “I hear the Truffle+Graal combination is getting very good results about Ruby.”

    Shows Truffle+Graal giving very good Ruby results.

    BenoitP, 2016-12 · Recommendation · in “The Ruby+OMR JIT”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: jruby, truffle, graal, ruby, jit compilers

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