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Re: Virtual Machine in the abstract (was Re: [DotGNU]What languages sho
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Peter Minten |
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Re: Virtual Machine in the abstract (was Re: [DotGNU]What languages shouldDotGNU support?) |
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Tue, 03 Dec 2002 12:20:17 +0100 |
Stephen Compall wrote:
> Peter Minten wrote:
> The conceptual SEE supports any executable that can be
> magic-numberified. DotGNU will thus not have to provide all the
> virtual machines itself, but instead rely on third-party support (PSF,
> Ruby).
So to run a Ruby webservice you tell SEE to run the ruby executable and tell
that to interpret the script? I like the idea, it's simple, it's elegant and
it's
very compatible with existing code.
> > IMHO we should stop thinking in VM boxes and start allowing all
> > possibilities. That includes LISP, Python, C++, etc. And we should
> > be able to use the natively without compiling to VM first.
>
> Of course you mean to interpret them in their respective interpreters.
Yes.
Greetings,
Peter