:) That's what I came to say http://kerneltrap.org/node/4705 http://kerneltrap.org/node/4705 I also have some other links : These people saw 10% gain in thei

:) That's what I came to say http://kerneltrap.org/node/4705 http://kerneltrap.org/node/4705 I also have some other links : These people saw 10% gain in their Scheme http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/CNS/interpreter-branch http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/CNS/interpreter-branch And this concerns reducing power consumption using Branch Prediction Prediction ! http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~moshovos/research/iccd02.pdf http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~moshovos/research/iccd02.pdf