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- Subject: Re: [ANN] LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta1
- From: Mike Pall <mikelu-0911@...>
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:43:46 +0100
David Given wrote:
> If at any point you felt inclined to formalise and document the LJ2
> bytecode, it might be interesting as a target for other languages
> (assuming the bytecode is any easier to use than just emitting Lua, of
> course).
Emitting source is easier. But the semantic mismatches vs. other
languages make this an unattractive option.
LJ2 is an integrated VM and optimized for Lua. It's not a generic
JIT compiler backend. The ideas in there are up for grabs. Adapt
them to other languages and apply them to _their_ VMs.
--Mike
