[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The approach of using C Compiler generated code rather than writing a
full compiler appeals to me:
http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~csc586a/papers/ertlgregg04.pdf
I am curious on how well the approach performs compared to existing JITs.
I'm admittedly biased, but the approach of using the C compiler has
some good benefits, mainly in portability. This is especially true for
architectures like x86 that have a complicated instruction set, where
optmization is a subtle art. Though JC uses the C compiler as a WAT
instead of a JIT, it is very portable (to any architecture that GCC
targets) as a result. To the extent that portability is a goal, this
might make sense as an approach to take, at least initially.
-Archie
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Archie Cobbs * CTO, Awarix * http://www.awarix.com
