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I would say that is just mainstream compiler development catching up with how mainframes work.
The idea of using some form of IL that gets JIT or AOT compiled goes back to the mainframe years.
IBM i (aka OS/400) and Unisys Libra (aka Burroughs) are probably the best examples still alive.
Hence why Apple, Google and Microsoft ideas of distributing IL instead of pure native code in their OSes, isn't actually that new.
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I would say that is just mainstream compiler development catching up with how mainframes work.
The idea of using some form of IL that gets JIT or AOT compiled goes back to the mainframe years.
IBM i (aka OS/400) and Unisys Libra (aka Burroughs) are probably the best examples still alive.
Hence why Apple, Google and Microsoft ideas of distributing IL instead of pure native code in their OSes, isn't actually that new.