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So is it like RPython...Crystal programs running on Crystal convert other Crystals programs into C to build an interpreter that is then used to run yet other Cr

by smegel 11y ago

So is it like RPython...Crystal programs running on Crystal convert other Crystals programs into C to build an interpreter that is then used to run yet other Crystal programs (the ones users write)?

zeckalpha 11y ago
I think it goes to LLVM IR rather than C. It does it's own type inference, so compiling to C after that would preclude many optimizations that it could take advantage of.
- smegel 11y ago
  Ah the penny drops: "Crystal is not interpreted. It doesn’t have a virtual machine. The code is compiled to native machine code by using LLVM." http://crystal-lang.org/2013/09/04/happy-birthday-crystal.html http://crystal-lang.org/2013/09/04/happy-birthday-crystal.ht...