Background Javascript Compilation Boosts Chrome Performance 136
kc123 writes "The latest version of Chrome includes improvements in JavaScript compilation, according to the Chromium blog. Historically, Chrome compiled JavaScript on the main thread, where it could interfere with the performance of the JavaScript application. For large pieces of code this could become a nuisance, and in complex applications like games it could even lead to stuttering and dropped frames. In the latest Chrome Beta they've enabled concurrent compilation, which offloads a large part of the optimizing compilation phase to a background thread. The result is that JavaScript applications remain responsive and performance gets a boost."
Re:This is worth a Slashdot article? (Score:3, Insightful)
There are still single core systems that aren't legacy and use java?
Re:This is worth a Slashdot article? (Score:5, Insightful)
It might make things slower, but it still might make things *appear* faster but reducing pauses in the Javascript thread. You might not notice 10 10ms pauses but you'll probably notice a 100ms pause.
Re:It doesn't already do this? (Score:2, Insightful)
As far as I know Firefox already has this feature, and Internet Explorer had it even longer than that. Chrome is no longer the leading web browser, this is a nice illustration of that.
Re:This is worth a Slashdot article? (Score:5, Insightful)
What's Java got to do with anything in this article? Except Java and Javascript share common letters in their name.
Too Late (Score:2, Insightful)
I've gone back to Firefox although I hadn't really left it. Why? Spying constantly and most recently disabling extensions without your approval and you have no way to re-enable them. This is because they want all extension developers to use their web store to funnel extensions out to the browsers, creating another fucking walled garden. I think it's not only time to de-Chrome but to de-Google completely, I'm tired of changing policies and them breaking shit just for shits and giggles.
Re:This is worth a Slashdot article? (Score:4, Insightful)
Multi-core systems have been the norm for consumers for what, 5 years now? Probably longer. One of the biggest complaints about the multi-core trend is that software isn't written to take advantage of it.
So I give you the following food for thought:
- Consumers who care about speed are unlikely to have a 10 year old computer.
- Consumers who have a 10 year old computer are unlikely to complain about the overhead multi-threading has on a single core computer.