>===== Original Message From linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz ===== >Yes. psyco is an interesting beast. Not only does it translate to >ia32, but it also dynamically optimises the code while the program >is running.
There are similar systems for C and FORTRAN: the program produces a profile at run-time that is used to optimize the program during later compiles. However, they are not dynamic systems. Let us not forget CLR, the common language run-time used by .NET and Mono, which can have very sophisticated run-time optimization. >The point is, generating C has a number of benefits over directly >generating assembly. In particular it is (1) higher-level, and (2) >widely portable. You do not have to generate ia32 assembly code: you could generate code for a virtual machine (like the Java Virtual Machine, CLR, or g-codes in gcc) and run them directly :) -- Michael JasonSmith http://ldots.org/
