tamarin - open source
Tamarin. New open source stuff. Well, it's not new, but now it is open source, Mozilla lecenced. Tamarin is just code name, not trademark. What is it? New Adobe (Macromedia) Flash Player 9 uses AVM2 (ActionScript virtual machine) to compile as3 code, 10 times faster than older AVM1. Adobe has decided to contribute code of AVM2 to Mozilla community as open source. Theirs joint project got name Tamarin.
Tamarin (AVM2) has the ability to compile byte code into native machine instructions. Also, it features Just In Time (JIT) compiler. Where is benefit? Well, first of all, starting from Mozilla Firefox 3, its scripting engine SpiderMonkey will include Tamarin code (AVM2 code), since JavaScript and ActionScript are ECMAScript languages (read: same language, different libraries). This will contribute to faster js execution. Firefox extension developers watch out!
Tamarin (AVM2) has the ability to compile byte code into native machine instructions. Also, it features Just In Time (JIT) compiler. Where is benefit? Well, first of all, starting from Mozilla Firefox 3, its scripting engine SpiderMonkey will include Tamarin code (AVM2 code), since JavaScript and ActionScript are ECMAScript languages (read: same language, different libraries). This will contribute to faster js execution. Firefox extension developers watch out!
