Re: incremental compilation via shared library

cliffc@rice.edu (Cliff Click)
Sun, 29 Aug 1993 20:25:08 GMT

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Newsgroups: comp.compilers,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.lang.c,comp.object
From: cliffc@rice.edu (Cliff Click)
Keywords: design, smalltalk
Organization: Center for Research on Parallel Computations
References: 93-08-104
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1993 20:25:08 GMT

dave@yost.com (Dave Yost) writes:
> I don't travel these parts often, but I've been wondering...
> Isn't it time compilation became as easy as making a subroutine call?
> I think it would be great if there were shared libraries that
> offered incremental compilation services. You would call a
> service function and pass it a code object, which includes slots
> ...
> Compilation could become more ubiquitous and more interactive.
> --
> Dave Yost


Have you looked at Smalltalk or Self?
Also many PC programming tools like QuickBasic, QuickC,
TurboC, etc support environments that look remarkably
like incremental compilers.


Cliff
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