Is it clear now that dynamic compilation is not required? -----Original Message----- From: "Philipp Klaus Krause" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussions about the BitC language" <[email protected]> Sent: 7/9/08 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [bitc-dev] Compilation models
Jonathan S. Shapiro schrieb: > On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 13:45 +0200, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: >> Jonathan S. Shapiro schrieb: >> >>> If we want to use dynamic linking facilities, however (e.g. for code >>> reuse), we need the ability to generate code at run time (more >>> precisely: at dynamic link time). It is desirable to develop this >>> capability anyway, since that capability can be used to support an >>> interactive BitC environment. >> Wouldn't this be problematic for embedded systems? If there's only a few >> KB of RAM and you want the program to live in a few dozen KB of ROM? > > Philipp: > > I'm having trouble resolving what "this" you are referring to. Let me > see if I can make a good enough guess to answer your question, but > please ask again if this doesn't do it. By "this" I meant code generation at run time. This would require to put the code in RAM (worse, probably even dynamically allocated RAM), instead of ROM. Philipp _______________________________________________ bitc-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.coyotos.org/mailman/listinfo/bitc-dev _______________________________________________ bitc-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.coyotos.org/mailman/listinfo/bitc-dev
