Jonathan S. Shapiro schrieb:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Philipp Klaus Krause <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Jonathan S. Shapiro schrieb:
>>
>>> There is no reason *not* to be able to target CLI/JVM.
>> Sure, but there are resons to still have a way to compile to C.
> 
> Actually, I don't believe so. C was never an intended target. It was
> only a convenience for compiler bootstrapping. For that purpose, *any*
> widely used target will suffice.
> 
> The problem with compiling to C is that it isn't simple to make things
> work nicely with a garbage collector, and all of the techniques that
> do so impose a significant performance penalty.

So it is decided that bitc shall no be usable for embedded systems?

Philipp

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