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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
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Subject: Re: Baby X is bor nagain
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:30:44 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-06-17, James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> The problem is that Bart's compiler is VERY unusual. It's customized for
> his use, and he has lots of quirks in the way he thinks compilers should
> work, which are very different from those of most other programmers. In
> particular, compilation speed is very important to him, while execution
> speed is almost completely unimportant, which is pretty much the
> opposite of the way most programmers prioritize those things.

Most programmers use Javascript and Python, which follow Bart's
priorities. Fast, invisible compilation to some kind of byte code (plus
possibly later JIT), slow execution time.

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