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O.P. Tracemonkey
Is there any chance that Plus! could use the Tracemonkey engine to power the scripts?

https://wiki.mozilla.org/JavaScript:TraceMonkey


Could be a nice addition.
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For those mildly retarded (like myself)...what can this accomplish. I mean like what can we do with this JavaScript addition that we can't do in normal JavaScript :p
10-22-2008 08:06 PM
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For those mildly retarded (like myself)...what can this accomplish. I mean like what can we do with this JavaScript addition that we can't do in normal JavaScript :p

Instead of interpreting the code and executing the appropriate actions the javascript code is compiled just in time to be executed natively on your processor, so this means it's MUCH faster. And that's not all Tracemonkey can do, but for the full explanation read the document describing Trace Trees
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The entire engine is not likely to be ported over...
10-22-2008 08:13 PM
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Originally posted by Ezra
Is there any chance that Plus! could use the Tracemonkey engine to power the scripts?

https://wiki.mozilla.org/JavaScript:TraceMonkey


Could be a nice addition.
its still the spidermonkey engine, and its debatable if tracemonkey is stable enough for plus.....
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and its debatable if tracemonkey is stable enough for plus
From what I have seen of it there is a quick and simple answer, NO!

Plus because of the few little changes between JScript and JavaScript, there will be many scripts needing to be updated (to make sure date formats are correct for example), which is just silly (everyone like backwards compatibility).

Also, do scripts really need to be any faster?
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Plus because of the few little changes between JScript and JavaScript, there will be many scripts needing to be updated (to make sure date formats are correct for example), which is just silly (everyone like backwards compatibility).

Also, do scripts really need to be any faster?

Well, the spidermonkey/tracemonkey engine would need to be changed to support Jscript, maybe the community could help?
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