Re: The development tendency of compilation tech?

Tom Copeland <tom@infoether.com>
31 Jan 2007 12:53:53 -0500

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From: Tom Copeland <tom@infoether.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 31 Jan 2007 12:53:53 -0500
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 07-01-04307-01-051 07-01-072
Keywords: interpreter, code
Posted-Date: 31 Jan 2007 12:53:53 EST

On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 01:41 -0500, Nick wrote:
> Except maybe where there is lots to be gained by more performant and
> non-conformant application software, there is reduced incentive to
> accept or develop anything like a new language,


Hm, from where I sit, the Ruby language is relatively new and is coming
on strong. Also, it's introducing lots of people to all sorts of nifty
things that have been around for a long time, e.g., closures.


> let alone compile it.


One of the more recent Ruby developments is YARV, which compiles Ruby to
a bytecode format. All the usual compiler theory things apply, even if
the target is a VM rather than a "real machine".


So perhaps all hope is not yet lost :-)


Yours,


Tom



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