[javascript-dev] Re: jsui was a mistake.

On Oct 4, 2007, at 7:33 AM, Stephen Sinclair wrote:

> I'm actually at the moment creating an LCD-based alternative, which is
> working fine, though not as pretty.  We're still using Javascript for
> other tasks.
>
> I never figured out if it's the javascript itself or just the JSUI
> stuff that is slow.  I get the impression is the latter, but would
> need to find some way to test it.

Btw, if you disable FSAA (full scene anti-aliasing), JSUI drawing  
code is 2-4x faster.

Lua's a great language and we're looking at easier ways for anyone to  
make language bindings. So, no need to ditch JS. Btw, the Tamarin VM  
which is slated for the next version of the SpiderMonkey JS  
implementation is significantly faster. Personally, if speed/memory  
is the utmost concern, I'd drop down to C.

-Joshua