21 Oct
2006
21 Oct
'06
2:02 p.m.
From: "Michael B. Brutman"
<mbbrutman-cctalk at brutman.com>
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In general I don't believe an interpreted language
can beat a compiled
language. Interpreting tokens or keywords is just far slower than compiled
code, unless the compiler is severely broken. (Which I wouldn't call a
fair comparison.)
This would depend on how effectively memory band width was
used. With todays multicore processors, it is quite possible
to interpret faster than fetching piles of code through a
shared North bridge. Conpaction ratios would determine
how well it might work. This assumes that the interpreter
can stay in cache.
Dwight
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