Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 17th Jul 2009 10:45 UTC
Mono from SVN is now able to use LLVM as a backend for code generation in addition to Mono's built-in JIT compiler. "This allows Mono to benefit from all of the compiler optimizations done in LLVM. For example the SciMark score goes from 482 to 610. This extra performance comes at a cost: it consumes more time and more memory to JIT compile using LLVM than using Mono's built-in JIT, so it is not a solution for everyone. Long running desktop applications like Banshee and Gnome-Do want to keep memory usage low and also would most likely not benefit from better code generation. Our own tests show that ASP.NET applications do not seem to benefit very much (but web apps are inherently IO-bound). But computationally intensive applications will definitely benefit from this. Financial and scientific users will surely appreciate this performance boost."
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RE[2]: Comment by satan666
by Mark Williamson on Fri 17th Jul 2009 12:57
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Or use morse code and punched paper tape- because progress sucks and there's no point in anything new.. right?
Honestly, I've had enough of your modernists with your fancy codes and paper tapes. OK, so stone tablets and chisels might not be quite as "sexy" but they get the job done and our storage longevity is excellent.
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RE[2]: Comment by satan666
by moondevil on Sat 18th Jul 2009 07:10
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Yes, contrary to Mono, Java is everywhere.
There are Java implementations for:
- BlueRay players;
- Mobiles;
- Embeded systems (Cars, Ricoh copy manchines, Factory robots, and so on);
- All major OS;
And lets not forget that only the C# compiler and CLR are patent free, given the latest Microsoft announcement.
So with Java I have access to the complete library coming with the JVM, while with Mono I am restricted to the language and basic library.
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by Delgarde on Sun 19th Jul 2009 21:34
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Is Java actually any more portable than Mono at this point?
Yes, since going by their supported platforms list, Mono supports Linux on quite a few hardware platforms, but it's support for other OS's is limited mostly to x86. It won't run under HP-UX/Itanium, for example, or AIX/Power - operating systems common on big server hardware. Java does.
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2008-04-18
Or use C++ for better performance. Or use Java for better portability.