Fastruby 0.0.21: Inline of corelib fixnum methods, restored ruby 1.8 compat

Fastruby is a gem which allows to execute ruby code much faster than normal, currently in a state of transition between a spike and a usable gem, it is released when possible with incremental improvements.

One of the main improvements on fastruby v0.0.20 v0.0.21 was the implementation of a few corelib methods (e.g. Fixnum#+) in ruby to allow inline them. The other is the restored compatibility with ruby 1.8

Install

You can clone the repository at github:

git clone git://github.com/tario/fastruby.git

git checkout v0.0.21

Or install it using gem install:

gem install fastruby

Speedup

Before (v0.0.19 and prior)

Now:

NOTE: Since issues with 1.8 compatibility, inline of corelib methods won't works on ruby 1.8, this will be fixed for v0.0.22 in future releases

Next

• Improve speed of dynamic call lookups (not direct or inlined calls)
• Inline of inherited methods and potential inline (when a new method is defined methods calling it will be recompiled in order to inline)
• Parallel build of methods