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Jan 13, 2023 at 01:26
Interpreters versus compilers as a spectrum, and a fun worked example of optimising Brainfuck:
Laurence Tratt: Compiled and Interpreted Languages: Two Ways of Saying Tomato

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Mar 29, 2026 at 13:54
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The author of rust-analyzer discussing how language features help or hinder fast IDEs. If you allow `from m import *` you can't analyse files in isolation, and it's even harder in Rust.
Against Query Based Compilers
Query based compilers are all the rage these days, so it feels only appropriate to chart some treacherous shoals in those waters.
Aug 27, 2023 at 03:53
Implementing interactive languages, and the tradeoffs of interpreters, JIT compilers, and AOT compilers:
Implementing interactive languages
May 22, 2022 at 23:14
It's strange how AOT compilers usually have different modes for optimising time or space usage, but JITs rarely have modes like "prefer fast startup". The vast majority of JITs seem to focus on runtime of hot code after warming up.