Nock bytecode for nockvm
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Description
Probably one of the bigger perf improvements we could make on NockVM is this. It's currently a recursive tree-walking interpreter. Changing it to a bytecode VM _should_ help performance.
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Research direction
Start by locating the NockVM implementation and the recursive tree-walking interpreter described in the issue. Define the bytecode VM design and compare its performance with the existing interpreter; the work is done when NockVM executes through bytecode with measurable improvement.
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Assessment
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100