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Article #1670Re: How to make a language downward-extensible?
From: Sean Fagan
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 1990 23:09
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 1990 23:09
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In article <975:Oct800:52:3590@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: >Well, it is a language issue, insofar as the language has to provide >quickpick (or something like it) in the first place. No, it doesn't. It *can*, but it doesn't need to. The compiler can take a look at code sections, and decide whether or not it should replace the code with completely different algorithms. See "The SuperOptimizer" for some reality. -- -----------------+ Sean Eric Fagan | "Never knock on Death's door: ring the bell and seanf@sco.COM | run away! Death really hates that!" uunet!sco!seanf | -- Dr. Mike Stratford (Matt Frewer, "Doctor, Doctor") (408) 458-1422 | Any opinions expressed are my own, not my employers'.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sco!seanf From: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: How to make a language downward-extensible? Message-ID: <8111@scolex.sco.COM> Date: 9 Oct 90 23:09:25 GMT References: <7950@scolex.sco.COM> <18718:Oct120:03:0090@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <7976@scolex.sco.COM> <975:Oct800:52:3590@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Sender: news@sco.COM Reply-To: seanf (Sean Fagan) Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Lines: 16