That second point was my main takeaway from that article. Well, that and “so that’s what became of Joa”. He was a badass of the Flex scene before Adobe threw us all under a bus.
Debugging stories are always pretty fun. This one turns out to be a compiler bug, which by rights should make it an incredible story. I dunno, I feel like the fact pattern is interesting but the storytelling could improve.
But! Go read it! If you thought JavaScript was a simple interpreter, this will open your eyes. :)
That header photo made me have a panic attack.
Also, the javascript inliner uses length of the name of the function as its inlining boundary. WHAT
That second point was my main takeaway from that article. Well, that and “so that’s what became of Joa”. He was a badass of the Flex scene before Adobe threw us all under a bus.
Debugging stories are always pretty fun. This one turns out to be a compiler bug, which by rights should make it an incredible story. I dunno, I feel like the fact pattern is interesting but the storytelling could improve.
But! Go read it! If you thought JavaScript was a simple interpreter, this will open your eyes. :)