On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Viktor Cerovski <[email protected]> wrote: > Raul Miller-4 wrote: >> I wonder how he plans on dealing with the halting problem? >> > There is no need for dealing with the halting problem here since > specialization always turns a given function into a less complex > function
I understand the concept, but interpreters tend to be rather complex and need to deal with operating specific issues such as garbage collection. And, often enough, interpreters must deal with iteration of various sorts. Throwing an arbitrary interpreter at this sort of system would just mean you need a fancier compiler for whatever language the interpreter was written in. And that would not be achieving "not needing a compiler". -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
