On Monday 12 February 2001 12:40, Branden wrote:
> Probably Perl 6 programs will be cached/distributed in optimized byte code
> format.
I'm not sure about the leading 'probably'. Perl 6 programs will most likely
be like most other open-source programs in other languages - either source,
which you build, or compiled, which you don't. I haven't seen any numbers
which indicate which is currently more prevalent for, say, C, let alone how
things will be with Perl.
>
> Putting the burden of optimize code above the interpreter allows a quicker
> interpreter (since it doesn't need to do expensive optimizations) and
> allows more optimized code, since the code can go through a real expensive
> optimizator once and be stored to be used by the interpreter many times
> (this could be done for distributing the production version of the
> program).
But that also depends on the program. Anything runtime opens yourself up for
the interpretation/compilation/(heavy optimization) stage again.
I suppose one could say, run the expensive optimization threads for the -
what's it called? The first level? The static compile? The original eval?
- and forego it for any runtime evals that need to be done. Of course, Perl
is more complicated that that.
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Bryan C. Warnock
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