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- From: cmh@lls.se (Magnus Holmgren)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: What the new Amiga-OS *must* have
- Date: 30 Mar 1996 10:03:22
- Organization: Programmers' Point
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- In a message of 25 Mar 96, Cmarschn wrote to :
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- >> By inventing a new instruction set (one that could easily be converted
- >> to 68K, PPC etc.) and having executables with that instruction format,
- >> one executable could be executed on any processor type provided there
- >> is some translation program available.
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- C> Sounds *pretty* slow.
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- Doesn't have to be.. Java uses a similar concept. It usually compiles to a
- CPU-independant form, that interpreters can run fairly quickly. And that
- code can then be compiled to native code, if the need should arise. And
- the second part could be a part of the program installation..
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- Magnus Holmgren - Amiga programmer and enthusiast
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