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Why not link directly to the FB Research page? https://research.fb.com/publications/hhvm-jit-a-profile-guided-region-based-compiler-for-php-and-hack/ https://r
by debacle 8y ago
Why not link directly to the FB Research page?
https://research.fb.com/publications/hhvm-jit-a-profile-guided-region-based-compiler-for-php-and-hack/ https://research.fb.com/publications/hhvm-jit-a-profile-guid...
Or the paper itself?
https://research.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hhvm-jit-a-profile-guided-region-based-compiler-for-php-and-hack.pdf https://research.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hhvm-jit-...
- chrisseaton 8y agoBecause those are technical literature that aren't easy for most people to understand. The linked page gives a layman's explanation of the research, which is going to be accessible for the general HN audience. Why not just link to the source code directly if you're that hardcore and don't care about any higher level description? Or how about a hexdump of the binary? Commentary is useful.
- debacle 8y agoThere's no real commentary in the original post. It's a relatively liberal copy/paste summarization of the research paper.
- igouy 8y agoThanks for the link to the paper!