On 12/19/12 4:10 AM, Rob T wrote:
Do you have a theory or insight that can explain why a situation like the Java bytecode VM came to be and why it persists despite your suggestion that it is not required or of enough advantage to justify using it (may as well use Java source directly)?
I think the important claim here is that an AST and a bytecode have the same "power". Clearly to parse source code into AST form has a cost, which is clearly understood by everyone in this discussion.
Andrei
