[ajbonkoski]

Argh, I really dislike this article. It spreads a LOT of misinformation:

  1) His friend did NOT write a bytecode interpretor, he wrote a bytecode compiler: there is a HUGE difference between those two.

  2) No, it wasn't faster than assembly code. And the arrogance and audacity to make such a claim is obnoxious. Unless you gained access to Intel microcode, this is just plain wrong.

I wish I could downvote this: its just bad for aspiring compiler/interpreter developers. If you want some quality discussion see Mike Pall: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.lua.general/75426