From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Mundell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Compilation to native Date: 24 Mar 2004 23:51:38 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87isgtn6r9.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> References: <87eks0654s.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <87n06bp4ng.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <8765cwkejr.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <871xnkcurc.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <87brmnr7h6.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1080172994 8312 80.91.224.253 (25 Mar 2004 00:03:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 25 01:03:09 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B6IKz-0006cj-00 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 01:03:09 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B6IKy-0002nV-00 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 01:03:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6IDX-000848-GJ for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:55:27 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B6IAi-0007OW-8S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:52:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B6I9z-000798-DS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:52:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.158.120.143] (helo=mail.ukfsn.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6I9y-00078S-3T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:51:46 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F39CE6DBD; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:51:06 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27402-09; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:51:06 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from sno.mundell.ukfsn.org (dsl213-218-238-16.as15444.net [213.218.238.16]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B26FE6DA1; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:51:06 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from sno.mundell.ukfsn.org ([10.0.0.3]) by sno.mundell.ukfsn.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1B6I9r-0000rp-00; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:51:39 +0000 Original-To: Juri Linkov Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20859 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20859 Juri Linkov writes: > > I only wondered why the TODO entry favoured CCL, as it was simpler to > > try the byte code first. The changes to function calling required for > > the compiled byte code would count towards a similar effort for CCL. > > As far as this TODO entry speaks about compilation, it is much > simpler to compile CCL than Emacs Lisp. Modifying the byte interpreter offered a simpler way to get going. > And AFAIU, it suggests first to try compiling CCL bytecode to native > code as opposed to compiling Emacs Lisp bytecode to native code. It does: "Converting CCL programs to native code is probably the first thing to try, though."