Author Working on New Edition of "Ruby Under a Microscope" Covering Ruby 3.x JIT Compilers
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Summary
The author is working on a new edition of "Ruby Under a Microscope" covering Ruby 3.x, with a focus on JIT compilers (YJIT and ZJIT). The article provides an excerpt from Chapter 4 about these JIT compilers, discussing how they work and the author's experience learning about them while brushing up on Rust skills. The author expresses excitement about the work done by the Ruby team at Shopify and other contributors, and mentions the book is being worked on in spare time with no set completion date.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledI've started working on a new edition of Ruby Under a Microscope that covers Ruby 3.x.
Here's an excerpt from the completely new content for Chapter 4, about YJIT and ZJIT.
It's been a lot of fun for me to learn about how JIT compilers work and to brush up on my Rust skills as well.
And it's very exciting to see all the impressive work the Ruby team at Shopify and other contributors have done.
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