As a long time Openresty (luajit) user, I have always feel a deep admiration for Mike Pall's work. After reading this, more so.
Because reading that post it’s confusing if they are releasing a JIT or simply making BEAM runtime improvements.
I ask because a JIT was scheduled for OTP 21 as noted here https://mobile.twitter.com/FrancescoC/status/872736686006046...
This video also supports that guess: https://youtu.be/hHhm0bfdj-4?t=10m14s
Anyone want to write a high-performance, highly distributed object store in a BEAM language?
We (well, primarily Matthew Von-Maszewski) spent countless hours optimizing LevelDB as the most performant backend for most use cases.
You'd be much better off building atop Riak than starting your own object store from scratch.
[1]: Most active Riak development today is courtesy the NHS - https://github.com/nhs-riak/riak