Heres a question to consider - Are there reasons for why the support of first-class classes in a compiled to machine-code language would always result in a performance hit ?
Just curious On 26/8/06 04:32, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 1:03 PM -0600 8/25/06, Norman Palardy wrote: >> On Aug 25, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Guyren Howe wrote: >> >>> On Aug 25, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Norman Palardy wrote: >>> >>>> [...] >>>> Are there examples of compiled languages that support first-class classes ? >>> >>> Nothing to do with whether the language is compiled or not, other >>> than all kinds of things being easier to implement in an >>> interpreted language. >>> >>> Popular compiled languages I know of that support first-class >>> classes are: Java, C#, Perl, Python (the latter two compile to >>> byte-code engines). >> >> Any that are compiled to machine code languages ? >> These all have a VM or are interpreted in some fashion > > There are compile-to-machine-code Java compilers for Windows. (I > don't know of any for OS X but would be interested in hearing if > there are.) > > I think Guyren is correct: I don't think it matters whether you're > compiling to a byte stream for a real or virtual machine. > > Cheers, > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
