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maximecb
11y ago
The ECOOP 2015 paper examines the code size issue. The bottom line is that code is often smaller because it's better optimized, has less type checks and boxing/unboxing. What kind of information do you think it would be useful to
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maximecb
11y ago
JavaScript is typically implemented with small integers that overflow into doubles. Higgs is very effective at eliminating type tests on numerical values. It's difficult to eliminate overflow checks in general, but Higgs uses BBV to do