Dan wrote an entry on his blog yesterday entitled "WWIT: Universal bytecode":
http://www.sidhe.org/~dan/blog/archives/000421.html
In it, he talks (surprise, surprise) about being able to run bytecode
across machines without the need of a compiler. If you look at the
comments, I asked what this meant for PMCs. As it currently stands,
many of the languages currently targeting Parrot would need their PMCs
distributed in order to run any programs written in that language.
Are there any thoughts from the new powers that be? Should PMCs be
avoided when possible? Should there be PIR versions of the PMCs
available for distributing bytecode? Should as much functionality as
possible be put into the core PMCs?
I'd like the ability to distribute bytecode without PMCs; I think it's
something worth working for. What's the best way to make this work in
light of PMCs?
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matt diephouse
http://matt.diephouse.com
