DAdavikrr·Jan 19, 2022Submission
MiniVM: “Minivm Port to Dlang”
3 points · Open discussionFastVM
minivm
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FastVM / minivm
minivm
A VM That is Dynamic and Fast
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A VM That is Dynamic and Fast
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Observed mentions: 2022-01-08 11:05:49 UTC to 2023-01-09 16:46:49 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jan 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Feb 2022 | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2022 | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2022 | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 2022 | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2022 | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2022 | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2022 | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2022 | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2022 | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesStrings appear to be represented as arrays with elements which are 4 bytes in size, with 30 numeric bits for each character:
https://github.com/FastVM/minivm/blob/4906256b2dc16e227cad7e...
https://github.com/FastVM/minivm/blob/4906256b2dc16e227cad7e...
In MiniVM: A zero-dependency cross-language runtime on par with LuaJIT and CThe disclaimer at the top of the benchmark section - https://github.com/FastVM/minivm#benchmarks - seemed pretty reasonable to me.
It's very clear that microbenchmarks don't tell the whole story, and that whole application benchmarks to give more real results will be desirable later.
I mean, I agree these benchmarks don't mean that much except for being a useful way to verify that the core code is working and reasonably performant - but they're up front about that fact so calling it 'benchmark-gaming' seems a trifle unfair.
In MiniVM: A zero-dependency cross-language runtime on par with LuaJIT and CMiniVM: A zero-dependency cross-language runtime on par with LuaJIT and C
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