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IIRC this project was abandoned after Mike Pall stepped down from LuaJIT maintenance.

by ufo 10y ago

k__ 10y ago
What does he do right now?
- killercup 10y ago
  Legend has it that after completing his mission, he returned to a future where performant JIT compilers have ensured world peace and the prosperity of mankind for thousands of years.
- jpfr 10y ago
  Still committing regularly to the 2.1 branch. https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commits/v2.1 https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commits/v2.1
- zump 10y ago
  What's his day job? Internet is dark about this guy.
  - haberman 10y ago
    I've met Mike Pall in person. I've worked with him some since I helped facilitate a sponsorship from Google (https://opensource.googleblog.com/2010/01/love-for-luajit.html https://opensource.googleblog.com/2010/01/love-for-luajit.ht...). A lot of his work on LuaJIT has been supported by various sponsorships (see: https://luajit.org/sponsors.html https://luajit.org/sponsors.html). This gives him a lot of freedom to work the way he wants to, instead of working as part of a larger organization. Also note that the sponsorship page says that Mike is currently working on "unrelated projects", so apparently things besides LuaJIT are keeping him busy now.
    - chubot 10y ago
      What did he work on before LuaJIT? Seems like he could have been involved in CPU design? He thinks more like a hardware guy than a C programmer.
      - haberman 10y ago
        I don't know that much about his background. I didn't get much of a chance to talk shop with him (which is too bad, I would have loved to pick his brain about all sorts of things). I also assume from the lack of info about him on the Internet that he's a somewhat private person, so I definitely wanted/want to respect that.
      - to3m 10y ago
        This won't do all that much to fill in any gaps in his CV, but here's something else he wrote: http://www.pagetable.com/?p=656 http://www.pagetable.com/?p=656
vmorgulis 10y ago
"Clone Mike Pall": https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/45 https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/45
walterbell 10y ago
Fixes still being committed by Mike Pall, https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commits/master https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commits/master
- deleted 10y ago
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blep 10y ago
There are a couple attempts made by other people to get this implemented: - https://github.com/fsfod/LuaJIT/commits/gcarena https://github.com/fsfod/LuaJIT/commits/gcarena - https://github.com/corsix/LuaJIT/commits/newgc https://github.com/corsix/LuaJIT/commits/newgc I'm not sure what the status is on either, though; they're obviously completely different implementations so it's not clear which one of these is preferable (also both authors seem to be busy with other stuff recently).

IIRC this project was abandoned after Mike Pall stepped down from LuaJIT maintenance.

by ufo 10y ago

IIRC this project was abandoned after Mike Pall stepped down from LuaJIT maintenance.

k__ 10y ago

What does he do right now?

killercup 10y ago
Legend has it that after completing his mission, he returned to a future where performant JIT compilers have ensured world peace and the prosperity of mankind for thousands of years.
jpfr 10y ago
Still committing regularly to the 2.1 branch. https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commits/v2.1 https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commits/v2.1
zump 10y ago
What's his day job? Internet is dark about this guy.
- haberman 10y ago
  I've met Mike Pall in person. I've worked with him some since I helped facilitate a sponsorship from Google (https://opensource.googleblog.com/2010/01/love-for-luajit.html https://opensource.googleblog.com/2010/01/love-for-luajit.ht...). A lot of his work on LuaJIT has been supported by various sponsorships (see: https://luajit.org/sponsors.html https://luajit.org/sponsors.html). This gives him a lot of freedom to work the way he wants to, instead of working as part of a larger organization. Also note that the sponsorship page says that Mike is currently working on "unrelated projects", so apparently things besides LuaJIT are keeping him busy now.
  - chubot 10y ago
    What did he work on before LuaJIT? Seems like he could have been involved in CPU design? He thinks more like a hardware guy than a C programmer.
    - haberman 10y ago
      I don't know that much about his background. I didn't get much of a chance to talk shop with him (which is too bad, I would have loved to pick his brain about all sorts of things). I also assume from the lack of info about him on the Internet that he's a somewhat private person, so I definitely wanted/want to respect that.
    - to3m 10y ago
      This won't do all that much to fill in any gaps in his CV, but here's something else he wrote: http://www.pagetable.com/?p=656 http://www.pagetable.com/?p=656

vmorgulis 10y ago

"Clone Mike Pall": https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/45 https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/45

walterbell 10y ago

Fixes still being committed by Mike Pall, https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commits/master https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commits/master

deleted 10y ago
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blep 10y ago

There are a couple attempts made by other people to get this implemented: - https://github.com/fsfod/LuaJIT/commits/gcarena https://github.com/fsfod/LuaJIT/commits/gcarena - https://github.com/corsix/LuaJIT/commits/newgc https://github.com/corsix/LuaJIT/commits/newgc I'm not sure what the status is on either, though; they're obviously completely different implementations so it's not clear which one of these is preferable (also both authors seem to be busy with other stuff recently).