Re: Does this model work ?

[Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com>]

There was some plan to promote that model with the Oberon language
and a system called Juice. I think that a compiler was available
as a browser plug-in.

That language is simple and said to facilitate very fast compilation
with small compilers.  Source code can be relatively compact compared to
executable code, so that transfers (eg over the internet with dial-up
users) can save much more time by transmitting source 
instead of executable than it takes to compile and link the source on
typical end-user machines.  With machines at 300 Mhz and up becoming
common,the differences between fast and slow compilations isn't even
noticeable for non-huge programs, so other languages should be able to
play the same game, too.

Al

Jean-Marten Marchi wrote:
> 
> After all, with all this Open Source Software movement nowadays, is it
> possible to distribute applications in source code form (rather in
> bytecode form) to various devices or stations?
> 
> Compile, link, etc ... are done automatically on the local computer
> and the binaries are stored wherever it is more appropriate.
> 
> You can ask the application to execute whenever you want without
> reloading, or you can replace it with a newer version if necessary.
> 
> I see some benefits to this approach, but, did i miss something?