Preface: I know this is likely a large undertaking to implement, but I think
it's worth it.
In addition to the typical compiler optimization of constant math expressions,
some languages (such as D and C++) have support for running arbitrary functions
at compile time <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compile_time_function_execution>
(with some constraints).
I see many advantages of this:
On iOS/OS X: it could precompute the UI and app initialization logic (wherever
possible) to speed app load times
It can significantly speed up the initialization of applications with large
static properties. E.g. large constant Dictionaries could be precomputed.
You could keep complex math expressions (including custom functions) in their
unevaluated form, without the pressure to precompute them elsewhere and
hardcode in the result.
Dynamic programming: expensive look-up tables could be precomputed. These
wouldn't necessarily be large in size, but if their elements are especially
expensive to compute, there would be a huge advantage to precomputing them.
What do you guys think? Can you think of any other useful applications? Would
it be worth the implementation effort?
- Regards,
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