Comments on: Prototype bind() Performance http://www.broofa.com/2009/03/prototype-bind-performance/ (Thoughtful musings, if you're lucky) Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tobie Langel http://www.broofa.com/2009/03/prototype-bind-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-1560 Tobie Langel Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:21:37 +0000 http://www.broofa.com/blog/?p=254#comment-1560 Not only is Array creation probably a lot slower than a function call... theere's alos a lot more object created, thus more frequent and longer garbage collection times. Not only is Array creation probably a lot slower than a function call… theere’s alos a lot more object created, thus more frequent and longer garbage collection times.

]]> By: Broofa http://www.broofa.com/2009/03/prototype-bind-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-1559 Broofa Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:00:08 +0000 http://www.broofa.com/blog/?p=254#comment-1559 Ah, good point. I knew I put that in there for a reason. ;-) On Firefox, it looks like Array creation takes about 3x longer than calling a function, btw. 'Haven't tested other platforms. Ah, good point. I knew I put that in there for a reason. ;-)

On Firefox, it looks like Array creation takes about 3x longer than calling a function, btw. ‘Haven’t tested other platforms.

]]> By: Tobie Langel http://www.broofa.com/2009/03/prototype-bind-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 Tobie Langel Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:21:11 +0000 http://www.broofa.com/blog/?p=254#comment-1558 Turns out your proposed implementation actually avoids creating an extra array on each function call. So I suspect the biggest gain happens there, not in avoiding function calls. Turns out your proposed implementation actually avoids creating an extra array on each function call. So I suspect the biggest gain happens there, not in avoiding function calls.

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