Re: Speed advantage of language written in itself?
- From: Gene <gene.ressler@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:47:19 -0700 (PDT)
On Aug 22, 6:08 pm, defn noob <circularf...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you have a language written in itself the advantages are?
1. Bug source reduction: Once the implementation runs or compiles
itself, you don't need to worry about bugs in a separate compiler
causing problems in yours.
2. Testing efficiency: The implementation itself effectively becomes a
component of its own test suite. There's also a simple probabilistic
argument that when applied to a given test suite, a bug is more likely
to be found in a system that runs or compiles itself than in one that
doesn't.
3. Positive reinforcement: There is immediate reward as you implement
optimizations: your own build/test cycles go faster!
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