From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-07-02T03:37:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Huge performance gap

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>
>> On 4, I'm not sure a "virtual machine" is the answer, by the way. 
>> "Virtual
>> machines", or as I prefer to call them, "abstract machines", were
>> primarily
>> intended for portability, not performance. C happens to be a great
>> abstract
>> machine, and GCC happens to be a great way to achieve portability and
>> performance.
>
> amen!
>
> -a
I really *should* learn how to program in C. :) I can just barely read
C, actually.

Then again, at least a generation of C programmers have implemented GCC,
Perl, R, Linux, Ruby, etc., so I haven't felt the need. And some of the
Lisp and Scheme environments seem to be just as efficient abstract
machines as C/GCC. And then there's Forth -- another efficient abstract
machine. Choices, choices, too many choices. :)



-- 
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

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