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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-02-03 15:51:41 -0600
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-02-04 01:41:02 +0000
commit92591ada8897d7aa523cf3b7412784b17eeb1771 (patch)
treee707a739c97f0cabf24557c0b81f098c7a5519a2 /HACKING
parent85d10e97f7c07855c1bbe9bd89e5ebc1aa10352f (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-92591ada8897d7aa523cf3b7412784b17eeb1771.tar.gz
Inline::C works during module load time, so "just-ahead-of-time"
is a better description of it than "just-in-time".  I don't
think "JAOT" is a well-known enough acronym, so it's worth
spelling it out.
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@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ the shiny new.
 Avoid relying on compiled modules too much.  Even if it is Free,
 compiled code makes packages more expensive to audit, build,
 distribute and verify.  public-inbox itself will only be implemented
-in scripting languages (currently Perl 5) and optional JIT-compiled C
-(via Inline::C)
+in scripting languages (currently Perl 5) and optional
+Just-Ahead-of-Time-compiled C (via Inline::C)
 
 Do not recurse on user-supplied data.  Neither Perl or C handle
 deep recursion gracefully.  See lib/PublicInbox/SearchThread.pm