[Mono-list] lies and microbenmarks

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> >   - while many of the mono slowdowns seem related to JIT
> >     optimizations (which the new JIT will change and improve),
> >     the 2x slowdown in index_string_test points to a string,
> >     hashing, memory allocation, or other hashtable inefficiency
> 
>   Is this new JIT already available somewhere, for instance from CVS? If
>   so, is it in a usable state? When is it expected to be ready?

Not available yet.  When we are happy with its stability for the kind of
production use that the current JIT is used for, it will be released. 

So `soon', but do not know how soon.  It is now able to bootstrap all of
the Mono class libraries, but there are still things that are broken.

Miguel