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What if the runtime for language X (written in Y) rewrites X programs into the same language Z that Y itself compiles to? Yeah, there are up-front costs, so you
by Twisol 5y ago
What if the runtime for language X (written in Y) rewrites X programs into the same language Z that Y itself compiles to? Yeah, there are up-front costs, so you're still technically correct, but I suspect this isn't something you had in mind.
Anyway, that's what a JIT is.
- silisili 5y agoIt is what I had in mind. Again, I'm being pendantic. If language X written in Y can rewrite to superfast Z, then you can... in language Y, write all of language X to mimic results. Sure it's not realistic, but neither are language comparisons.