Re: Dynamic Typing Efficiency

Jeff Kenton <jeffrey.kenton@comcast.net>
9 May 2005 22:33:01 -0400

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From: Jeff Kenton <jeffrey.kenton@comcast.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 9 May 2005 22:33:01 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 05-05-041
Keywords: types, interpreter
Posted-Date: 09 May 2005 22:33:01 EDT

One other approach not yet mentioned is to do static analysis where
possible, so that you can avoid runtime type checking when it's not
necessary.


clearm@comcast.net wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am writing a small, python-like scripting language that uses dynamic
> typing. I am also writing a stack-based virtual machine to go with
> it.
>
> I have read many papers and posts about improving the efficiency of
> VMs - for example by using threaded dispatch instead of switch
> statements.
>
> The problem I have is that dynamic typing seems to be extremely
> inefficient when you have a large number of types. For example, if I
> have integers, doubles, strings, booleans, and various compound types,
> then an ADD instruction would have to look like this:


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