Re: The compilation approach in modern languages

It is a common misconception that certain languages are "interpreted"
and others are "compiled" In fact, the distinction between compiled
and interpreted (and hybrids) is not a property of the language, but
only of the implementation.


We now have a traditional native code compiler for Java. There were
hybrid translator/interpreter implementations for C around 15 years
ago.


The one exception is the functional languages, where functions can be,
in effect, manipulated at runtime and then evaluated. Obviously, it
is too late then for a traditional batch compile, and something more
like interpretation is needed, at least some of the time.


Ganny wrote:
> What are the new languages that can possibly become mainstream
> programming languages in academia/industry, and what is the
> compilation technology they follow?
>
> The arrival of Java bought the use of sophisticaed runtimes VM to the
> mainstream (compared to the C/C++ native code approach). Does most of
> the newer languages follow the similar approach, or most of them
> follow the conventional approach of native code generation?

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