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    Chris Leary

    blog.cdleary.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008

    Chris Leary, a Mozilla engineer, writes about JavaScript engines, JIT compilers, Python performance, and programming languages.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters recommend the blog and link its posts on ARM chars being unsigned by default and on SpiderMonkey.

    Stats for nerds
    17HN people shared it
    20linked in comments
    239story points
    Aug 2017last shared
    2011people per year2017

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Understanding JIT spray
      1 person · 112 points · first shared 2011 · 9 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Efficiency of list comprehensions
      3 people · 44 points · first shared 2012 · 7 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Why programming languages?
      1 person · 34 points · first shared 2010 · 8 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Overview of Firefox JavaScript compilers: TraceMonkey, JägerMonkey and IonMonkey
      2 people · 8 points · first shared 2011 · Discussion on HN
    5. 5
      String representation in SpiderMonkey
      1 person · 6 points · first shared 2012 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      Picky monkeys PIC ARM
      1 person · 6 points · first shared 2011 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      PICing on JavaScript for fun and profit
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2010 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      Paradox of the generalist
      2 people · 4 points · first shared 2012 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      My programming job evaluation criterion
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2011 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      Too smart, doesn't get quite so many things done?
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2011 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • raphlinusAug 2017

      Good candidate for most evil use of the assumption that char is signed. Incidentally, that's not going to be true on arm[0].

      [0]: http://blog.cdleary.com/2012/11/arm-chars-are-unsigned-by-default/

    • cdleary_Dec 2011

      I also did a write up on this called "Mapping the monkeysphere" that you may find helpful: http://blog.cdleary.com/2011/06/mapping-the-monkeysphere/

    • captaintkOct 2011

      I can highly recommend http://blog.cdleary.com/

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