On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 23:14, Brad Beveridge wrote: > On 12/17/05, Partap Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hmm. So even with a lisp implementation that compiles to native code, > > you're still, in essence, running a virtual machine that handles (and > > possibly compiles) function calls? This thread is probably not the place > > for it, but I'd like to learn more about this...any pointers on where to > > look? > > I'm also very new to Lisp, but I don't think a VM is generally the > right idea. I tend to think of my Lisp image as an operating system. > The image has a built in interpreter and/or compiler. When you
It depends on the implementation. Some have both a compiled and an interpreted mode (CMUCL), while some only do interpreted mode (CLISP), and others actually compile the code by writing a C language source file and compiling that using a C compiler, then loading it into the running image (ECLS , ecls.sourceforge.net). --Patrick _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
