Re: [Vala] Realize - proto2

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

I don't see any complication in using libvala to convert from vala to
C in memory and then use libtcc to execute the generated C code
at runtime.

I was looking at libjit few days ago and it can be also used as a
backend to generate assembly code on runtime (but it can be also
used as a compiler backend to generate binaries). Thr problem here
is that the final code will be much more inefficient than the one
generated by gcc or llvm.

Tomaž Vajngerl wrote:
> Well a Vala interactive interpreter can't be easily done because Vala
> is not interpreted. Contrary on Mono the source is compiled to byte
> code but byte code is still mainly interpreted (except when JIT kicks
> in).
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Abderrahim Kitouni
> <a kitouni gmail com> wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > 2009/11/18 JustFillBug <mozbugbox yahoo com au>:
> >     
> > > On 2009-11-17, Abderrahim Kitouni <a kitouni gmail com> wrote:
> > > All the programing language should have python's "battery included
> > > libraries" bundled. Users should not have to go around to look for basic
> > > libraries themselves.
> > >
> > > We should run down python's reference library and create the equivalent
> > > libraries either by wrapping existing library or write new one in vala.
> > >
> > > The "standard library package" can be shipped separately from the
> > > libvala if needed.
> > >       
> > I agree that GLib is not Vala-ish (e.g. non refcounted compact
> > classes), but I think it's relatively complete, what I miss is the
> > interactive interpreter : if Vala could have something like Mono's
> > csharp-repl, it would be very useful for e.g. quickly playing with the
> > apis, write little scripts (maybe in Genie if that's easier)
> >
> > Abderrahim
> >
> > [1] http://www.mono-project.com/CsharpRepl
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