frostney / frostney/GocciaScript

Sub-5-minute test262 and throughput parity

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Dominant language
Pascal
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20
Forks
3
Avg merge
3d 4h
Merged PRs (30d)
45

Description

Two goals: get the full test262 suite under 5 minutes (currently ~21.7 min — dominated by per-test process boot, so the lever is in-process engine reuse + lazy built-in boot, not tail-tuning), and reach throughput parity with reference embeddable engines on the common path (value unboxing, inline caches, collection hashing).

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Research direction

Start with the full test262 suite and measure the current per-test process boot cost against the approximately 21.7-minute baseline. Map the in-process engine reuse, lazy built-in boot, value unboxing, inline caches, and collection hashing areas, then verify that test262 runs under five minutes and common-path throughput reaches parity with reference embeddable engines.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
performance, testing-qa
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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