Re:Java on Truffle – Going Fully Metacircular
by moonchild on Friday January 22, 2021 @01:39AM
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Not sure what you're saying here.
The ‘GC’ refers to garbage collector, not GCC.
It is true that you can write a compiler frontend targeting a generic backend (like GCC), and take advantage of existing optimizations. Truffle's somewhat unique value prop is that you can write a basic interpreter (not compiler) and get performance approaching that of a top-end JIT.
The ‘GC’ refers to garbage collector, not GCC.
It is true that you can write a compiler frontend targeting a generic backend (like GCC), and take advantage of existing optimizations. Truffle's somewhat unique value prop is that you can write a basic interpreter (not compiler) and get performance approaching that of a top-end JIT.