[pypy-svn] r63486 - pypy/extradoc/talk/icooolps2009

antocuni at codespeak.net antocuni at codespeak.net
Wed Apr 1 14:25:38 CEST 2009


Author: antocuni
Date: Wed Apr  1 14:25:38 2009
New Revision: 63486

Modified:
   pypy/extradoc/talk/icooolps2009/paper.tex
Log:
move the list after the assumptions



Modified: pypy/extradoc/talk/icooolps2009/paper.tex
==============================================================================
--- pypy/extradoc/talk/icooolps2009/paper.tex	(original)
+++ pypy/extradoc/talk/icooolps2009/paper.tex	Wed Apr  1 14:25:38 2009
@@ -186,17 +186,7 @@
 being used by both Mozilla's TraceMonkey JavaScript VM \cite{XXX} and Adobe's
 Tamarin ActionScript VM \cite{XXX}.
 
-Typically, programs executed by a tracing VMs goes through various phases:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item Interpretation/profiling
-\item Tracing
-\item Code generation
-\item Execution of the generated code
-\end{itemize}
-
-The \emph{code generation} phase takes as input the trace generated during
-\emph{tracing}.  Tracing JITs are built on the following basic assumptions:
+Tracing JITs are built on the following basic assumptions:
 
 \begin{itemize}
  \item programs spend most of their runtime in loops
@@ -208,6 +198,18 @@
 The code for those common loops however should be highly optimized, including
 aggressive inlining.
 
+Typically, programs executed by a tracing VMs goes through various phases:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Interpretation/profiling
+\item Tracing
+\item Code generation
+\item Execution of the generated code
+\end{itemize}
+
+The \emph{code generation} phase takes as input the trace generated during
+\emph{tracing}.
+
 At first, when the program starts, everything is interpreted.
 The interpreter does a bit of lightweight profiling to figure out which loops
 are run often. This lightweight profiling is usually done by having a counter on



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