On Jun 17, 9:01 am, "Hendrik van Rooyen" <m...@microcorp.co.za> wrote: > "Diez B. Roggisch" <d...@n...m.web.de> wrote: > > > Getting a depression because of a compiler is a bit strong... > > > However, yes, bytecode is similar to assembler, and in that respect > > higher-level control-structures are created using (conditional) jumps. > > > The same is true for other bytecode-languages, see here for the JVM: > > >http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jvms/second_edition/html/Overview.doc.... > > This is right. > > It is my opinion that it is not possible to make a useful machine, > virtual or real, which executes instructions sequentially, if the > instruction set does not contain a conditional jump of some sort. > > I have tried doing it using conditional calls, and it fails on > the equivalent of the first if ..., elif ... you try to write. > > - Hendrik
Not a matter of opinion. One of the requisite elements of a Turing Machine is conditional jumping. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
