[cairo] JIT for pixman

[Behdad Esfahbod]

Dan Amelang wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at behdad.org> wrote:
>> Dan Amelang wrote:
>>> FWIW, if I were to start over on jitblt, with the goal of producing
>>> "real world" software, I would base it on LLVM and work on
>>> fixing/hacking around the above issues. My intuition is that
>>> fixing/hacking around those issues is less work and a better approach
>>> for the long-term than the other options.
>> But linking cairo to LLVM is not something many people will be fond of.
> 
> They will be if their concerns are met.

Ideally the generated code should be cached on disk and mmapped by all
processes.  At that point, a heavier framework may be less of a concern.

> Dan