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native code and ZINC machine
- Aaron Bohannon
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Date: | 2004-11-05 (14:25) |
From: | Aaron Bohannon <bohannon@s...> |
Subject: | native code and ZINC machine |
I was quite surprised, recently, when I found out that the native code compiler implements left-to-right evaulation, as opposed to the right-to-left evaulation of the bytecode. [NB: My question is not about trying to write code that is dependent on the order of arguments.] You see, I am quite familiar with the ZINC machine and the benefits of its design, and I thought that the design could be adapted in some way or another to the native code setting. I am interested in finding out what factors prevented this, or what made the ZINC machine execution model impractical in the native runtime. My knowledge of systems is perhaps somewhat weak, so maybe I am overlooking some obvious point. I have googled for papers and discussions, and poked around the obvious websites looking for answers, but I must have missed something. Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated. Aaron Bohannon