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The implicit runtime checks in a Python program get converted into explicit if-statements if you use an ahead-of-time compiler to compile it to a static languag
by ufo 10y ago
The implicit runtime checks in a Python program get converted into explicit if-statements if you use an ahead-of-time compiler to compile it to a static language like C. Bootstrapping will not be able to magically get rid of these if statements.
Not to mention, bootstrapping is about the compiler executable and the problem I was talking about applies to any attempt to use an ahead-of-time compiler for a dynamic language.
- pjmlp 10y agoModern Smalltalk environments are bootstrapped as well.