this is kinda off topic, -- but people here seem really smart, so I'll risk the occasional flames for good criticism + insight
i think the llvm/jvm projects are really cool, since so much work is put into jitting; and for one reason or another, I like llvm more than jvm
i'm curious about the possiblity of a high performance scheme (and perhaps gambit in particular) running on llvm; where the 'initial implementation' may not be all that fast ... but letting llvm jit it away
how does this sound? feasible for a scheme (but not gambit)? down the pipes planned for gambit? or totally stupid/crazy?
the 'main' advantage of this approach is that I _assume_ that the llvm guys are pretty good at hacking up interpreters / jit's ... so why not benefit from their constant progress :-D