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The LiSP book only describes self-hosting implementations while in Forth it's heresy to implement it in anything else than Forth or assembly. Well, perhaps Java
by gngeal 13y ago
The LiSP book only describes self-hosting implementations while in Forth it's heresy to implement it in anything else than Forth or assembly. Well, perhaps Java implementations are excused for not being implemented in terms of themselves. :-)
- dasmoth 13y agoIt's been done: http://jikesrvm.org/ http://jikesrvm.org/ Historically, the performance was pretty decent. I don't know how it stacks up against Hotspot today, but I note it does still seem to be a live project after >10 years.