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0 pointsgenxy23d ago0 comments

They do now https://github.com/bytecodealliance/weval

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That's a partial evaluator, not an interpreter, and it converts an interpreter into compiler, which are different things.

genxyOP23d ago

> Interpreters don't translate bytecode to native instructions.

> That's a partial evaluator, not an interpreter, and it converts an interpreter into compiler, which are different things.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Compilers/comments/1sm90x5/retrofit...

ghusbands23d ago

Yes, that's another great example of the same kind of thing - creating a JIT from an interpreter. It remains true that interpreters do not directly generate machine code.

genxyOP23d ago

The author of weval is the top comment.

Reading the comments and understanding that transitively, weval turns interpreters into compilers, allowing interpreters to generate machine code.

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ghusbands23d ago

That's a partial evaluator, not an interpreter, and it converts an interpreter into compiler, which are different things.

genxyOP23d ago

> Interpreters don't translate bytecode to native instructions.

> That's a partial evaluator, not an interpreter, and it converts an interpreter into compiler, which are different things.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Compilers/comments/1sm90x5/retrofit...

ghusbands23d ago

Yes, that's another great example of the same kind of thing - creating a JIT from an interpreter. It remains true that interpreters do not directly generate machine code.

genxyOP23d ago

The author of weval is the top comment.

Reading the comments and understanding that transitively, weval turns interpreters into compilers, allowing interpreters to generate machine code.

1 more reply

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse