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RE: Challenge for EUPHORIA Programmers

• Posted by Rod Jackson <rodjackson_x at hotmail.com> Sep 11, 2001
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Concerning sephiroth's statement (interpreters
will never be as fast as compilers):

Actually, I've read that it IS possible to
have an interpreter that's faster than compiled
code.

I BELIEVE the ideas was in "The C Programming
Guide", a smaller, generic-looking white book
with blue lettering (it's been years since I
read it, so don't quote me on that.)

The trick was to have an interpreter designed
so that the interpreter, and the program, can
both fit into the chip's cache. The example
presented ran slighly faster than a comparable
compiled program also ran.

I know it sounds ludicrous, but I remember my
every disbelief fading as I read it; it made
perfect sense, and seemed very sound.

Rod Jackson