JEP draft

[David Alayachew]

Much appreciated, google wasn't much help for nmethods. I had to uncorrect
gmail's autocorrect multiple times when typing the previous sentence, so I
imagine that's why.

I know it's still in progress, but it already looks way better!



On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 11:12 PM Julian Waters <tanksherman27 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for the feedback, I'll modify the JEP as such. Yes, that word is
> intentional, "nmethod" is what fully compiled Java methods are called in
> HotSpot code
>
> best regards,
> Julian
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 11:07 AM David Alayachew <davidalayachew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Julian,
>>
>> Thank you for posting the draft!
>>
>> As you mentioned, it's unfinished, so I'll ignore the unpopulated parts.
>>
>> What I did appreciate is how the compiler specifics in the Motivation
>> section were clearly explained. It was easy to follow along, even as an
>> outsider.
>>
>> " and that no C1 nmethods have to be discarded once the C2 "
>>
>> Is that word intentional?
>>
>> Only other thing I would say would be to break up some of the paragraphs
>> and sentences. You have a few run-on sentences, and it might be easier to
>> parse if some of the jumbo paragraphs were broken up into (titled?) smaller
>> sub-sections. Don't get me wrong, it's very efficient and clearly
>> described, but it's dense too. For something that goes into the guts of the
>> compiler world, loosening things up a bit might make it easier to digest.
>>
>> Thank you for your time and help!
>> David Alayachew
>>
>
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