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> it kills the myth that C is the only game in town for writing compilers A compiler is a pretty pure, high-level operation. Makes no sense to use a low-level
by chrisseaton 4y ago
> it kills the myth that C is the only game in town for writing compilers
A compiler is a pretty pure, high-level operation. Makes no sense to use a low-level language for it.
- pjmlp 4y agoAgreed, but that is how things go, bad teachers that propagate the myth of UNIX being the genesis, language runtimes that happen to use C mostly of convenience than anything else, and around goes the myth. Hence why stuff like MaximeVM, Jikes and now Graal are so relevant.