run c++ applications with an interpreter instead of compilin

elypter · n00b Joined: 27 Oct 2017 Posts: 2

wouldn't it be great if you had the option to just run c++ applications with an interpreter instead of compiling on every update or when you just want to use an application once? there actually exists a cüü interpreter named cling. it is used for rapid development but i had the idea that it could be integrated as an option in emerge so that it could pseudo compile applications to binaries that execute the source with cling. while being slower it could have all the advantages of interpreted languages while using the existing code and infrastructure and you could decide based on your personal use case.

what do you think about it?

Genone · Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:56 pm Post subject:

Not feasable as a generic option. You'd have to adjust ebuilds on a individual basis to support this as this requires a lot more than just replacing a few compiler calls. Most desktop applications probably just can't be used with it in the first place.

And wether the results would be usable at all (regarding both performance and stability) is another question.

nokilli · Apprentice Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 196

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R0b0t1 · Apprentice Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 264

What the interpreter is doing is not really that much less expensive than a full compilation. It just keeps the results in memory and lets you update them in real time.

elypter · n00b Joined: 27 Oct 2017 Posts: 2

it is less intensive if not that many optimizations are applied but most importanty only the code you use is being interpreted

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:50 am Post subject:

elypter,

A make system only compiles the things you change.
A compiler will be faster