Re: The development tendency of compilation tech?

Nick wrote:
>>One tendency that has come during the last ten years, is that of
>>compiling to byte code for virtual machines.
>
>>Another trend, not in compilers as such, but related, is the tendency,
>>due to ever faster machines, to write larger and larger programs in
>>interpreted code.
>
> What's new in compilers? Very little. I think in 10 years, compiling
> will be largely forgotten.


Hard to get along without it, eh? At some point you're still going to
need a compiler. Bytecode-type languages are still compilers, written
for a specific (virtual machine) architecture, which could be
implemented in hardware, software, microcode, or any combination. In
any case, you still have to compile the interpreter somehow.

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