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Does "FTL" stands for "faster than light"?

• masklinn 12y ago
  Er… first phrase of the page: > JavaScriptCore uses LLVM for a top-tier high-throughput optimizing JIT, which we call the FTL (Fourth Tier LLVM).
  • coldtea 12y ago
    Sure, they write that. But why did the chose the acronym. Sometimes you pick them to convey two messages.
  • aidenn0 12y ago
    And I think the double meaning is about as transparent as "Simultaneous Peripheral Operation OnLine"
• sanxiyn 12y ago
  Indeed that's an obvious allusion, and actually is explicitly mentioned here: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112840 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112840