On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:52:15 -0700, in cf-talk you wrote: >Actually, that is not entirely correct. While it is fair to say that >CFMX makes use of a just-in-time (JIT) compiler, many people in the >industry have a different notion as to what that means. Specifically, a >JIT generally is thought to compile code in machine code just in time to >execute it. With CFMX, CFML code is compiled into Java bytecode, which >is then interpreted by the Java interpreter. A specialized version of >the Java interpreter called HotSpot includes a JIT that compiles parts >(hot spots) of the Java bytecode to machine code and executes them just
I assumed I wasn't "entirely" correct, but that it was close enough for his purposes. But, that's interesting about the, um... JIS (Just-In-Spot :) compiler strategy. Hadn't really had time to read up on the details of CFMX operation yet, so I wasn't aware of that. It makes me cringe a bit thinking about it. There are so many more things that could theoretically go wrong with a JIS strategy... but I guess it works fairly well -- It's about the only thing I think nobody's complained about yet. >in time. Further, VB is not a compiled language; it is interpreted as >well. Mind you, I haven't seriously used VB since a cgi project back in 1997 but I was under the impression it was an option to compile your VB code these days. I could easily be wrong though. Not that I guess it matters all that much, VB being a dead language now. --min ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
