Re: C# (.NET) has no interpreters

[John Tobey]

Joshua N Pritikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:30:23PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> > > perl5 is interpreter-centric with native code generation
> > > bolted on well into the development lifecycle.
> > 
> > I'd prefer us to tackle native code generation using C as the
> > intermediate language instead of a JIT.
> 
> Oh, yah.  C is the obvious choice, but it doesn't have to be the only
> backend.  In theory we could also generate C#'s IL.  Or C--.

Help.  I'm only halfway through the C-- paper, and I'm wondering:
What is the status of implmentations?  Why not implement it as
extensions to existing C compilers?

Thanks

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John Tobey, late nite hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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