Re: Development: A Structured Problem Area?

Derek Richardson wrote:

>(3) Why is it possible to write an optimizing Java compiler that doesn't suffer
>from emergence but not higher-level systems?
>
Why didn't they just write the first compilers to be optimized, such 
that you wouldn't have to distinguish those compilers as "optimized"?

I'd say those optimized compilers were born from emergence, not suffered 
from.

-- 
Chris
http://clabs.org



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