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importance for interpreters

Branch target prediction is a big deal for bytecode interpreters - two good papers to read are:

Accurate Indirect Branch Prediction, by Driesen and Hölzle, 1992

The Behavior of Efficient Virtual Machine Interpreters on Modern Architectures, by Ertl and Gregg, 2001

--CTho 02:25, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]