Re: The compilation approach in modern languages

"Ganny" <sgganesh@gmail.com>
12 Feb 2005 17:46:20 -0500

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From: "Ganny" <sgganesh@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 12 Feb 2005 17:46:20 -0500
Organization: http://groups.google.com
References: 05-02-053 05-02-056
Keywords: design, Java
Posted-Date: 12 Feb 2005 17:46:20 EST

>>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.


Also, it is true that languages are designed with particular
implementation approaches in mind. It would be a misconception to think
that C was designed for interpreation approach in mind and Java was
designed with native compilation in mind.


-Ganesh
[I think you'll find that Java was designed to be compiled into
interpreted byte codes, native code via JIT from byte codes, or
directly to native code. C was certainly designed with native code in
mind. =John]

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