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From: Samuel Mize <smize@imagin.net>
Subject: Re: Does this model work ?
Date: 1999/05/20
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David Botton <David@Botton.com> wrote:
> Yes, but what if the results of gcc front ends were sent around? Then a
> modified gcc code generator could be used that would also handle
> security issues when needed (would not be any more dangerous the
> Microsoft ActiveX controls).
> 
> David Botton

I thought the original desideratum was to distribute via source code.
I wouldn't expect the gcc intermediate representation to be any
more clear than Java byte-code format.

Besides, I thought (perhaps mistakenly) that the output of the gcc
front end wasn't just a stream of tokens, but also a set of internal
tables and other representations.  If my recollection is correct,
this would then have to be encoded into some agreed-upon transmission
format, and decoded at the other end.

Why not just write a gcc back-end that generates Java byte-codes?
(If we're suggesting huge projects for others to do for free...)
The Java execution environment is already widely distributed in
web browsers.

Best,
Sam Mize

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