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Pascal compiles to some sort of bytecode doesn't it? One would think it's an easier task than all the fancy x86 business?
by jojobas 6y ago
Pascal compiles to some sort of bytecode doesn't it?
One would think it's an easier task than all the fancy x86 business?
- oso2k 6y agoEarly Pascals did. P-Code [0] it was called. I don't think it was really about easy of compilation. It was about ease of portability, at least early on. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-code_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-code_machine
- FullyFunctional 6y agoIt was and it was key to why Pascal became so successful. Porting the VM of the UCSD-p machine was so much easier than writing a new backend so Pascal spread like wildfire. I think I even saw a Commodore 64 port at some point.
- FpUser 6y agoNot compilers released by Borland/successors or Free Pascal. It is all native code.