Re: vm status update

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:

> Well, there are larger tests, in that the normal test suite passes with
> VM-compiled code (e.g. ice-9 and all that).

Yes, I remember reading that (and that is reassuring!), but I think it's
good to have unit tests for the compiler/VM too.

> And there are smaller tests, which test that VM compilation and
> execution produces the same result as interpretation. But there are no
> unit tests of the compiler itself. Also, these particular tests are not
> yet integrated with the main test suite.

I see.

> Benchmark-wise, there's not much. I am not currently running many
> benchmarks, fwiw -- been focusing more on correctness.

Maybe "we" could start focusing on that now that the VM/compiler have
matured a lot?

Thanks!

Ludo'.