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Re:Copy-and-Patch: Fast JIT Compilation for SQL, WebAssembly... by erwan577 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:48AM (#28553312)
Isn't it the first sense of the verb to compile and a return to the original way of doing things ?

(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources. Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.

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Re:Copy-and-Patch: Fast JIT Compilation for SQL, WebAssembly... by sillycross on Thursday September 16, 2021 @12:14PM (#28553638)
Well in some sense yes. Template compiler is a very old idea, and this is a template-compiler-styled compiler.

The interesting part is the various improvements to this old idea that allows us to both compile fast and generate good code.

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