[Python-Dev] [ANN] VPython 0.1

[J. Sievers]

"Daniel Stutzbach" <daniel at stutzbachenterprises.com> writes:

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>    I searched around for information on how threaded code interacts with
>    branch prediction, and here's what I found.  The short answer is that
>    threaded code significantly improves branch prediction.

See ``Optimizing indirect branch prediction accuracy in virtual machine
interpreters'' and ``The Structure and Performance of Efficient
Interpreters''.

Cheers,
-jakob