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by pkmiec 3822 days ago
This is definitely a nice improvement which can lead to Ruby performance improvements.

It's also worth noting that Ruby 3 in general will have a focus on performance. Matz talked about performance and the Ruby 3x3 effort during his RubyKaigi keynote. The goal of Ruby 3x3 is to make Ruby 3 be 3 times faster than Ruby 2.

Full disclosure: I work for AppFolio which is helping to sponsor the Ruby 3x3 effort.
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chrisseaton 3822 days ago
Do you know if it has been decided where AppFolio is going to direct its generous support yet? Are you hiring anyone?

I think the most realistic option is the idea of putting the LLVM bitcode of MRI's functions into the MRI binary so that an LLVM JIT could optimise through the core library. Evan Phoenix talked about this idea at Ruby Kaigi.

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pkmiec 3822 days ago
Yes, we are going to hire someone. We now have the position open and are looking for candidates. We already have a couple of folks interested and we'd like to get a few more so that we can find the best fit.

[0] http://www.appfolioinc.com/jobs-openings?p=job%2FoZ1c2fwY (it says Santa Barbara, CA but really anywhere in the US is ok)

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