Sam Tregar wrote:
>
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, David L. Nicol wrote:
> > run-time efficiency
>
> C doesn't get run-time efficiency from its syntax, so we can't really
> expect to get anything here. It gets it from its compilation
> architecture. If you want to build a Perl frontend for GCC I think you
> might find a way leverage C's efficiency but you won't get it just by
> accepting C syntax.
>
> -sam
C gets specificity from its syntax. cc depends on that specificity.
Perl does not require specificity, which is good. But when I want
to rewrite my Perl program faster, in C, I have to rewrite the whole
thing instead of just aggressivley specifying the bottlenex.
We're talking about making a faster Perl. C's syntax requires enough
clarity to compile to something quick. it is a very short hop from
my dog $spot;
to
dog spot;
If we only allow this where enough info is available to allocate dog-sized
pieces of memory directly, Perl can blaze through the code that deals with
dogs.
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