Re: [Haskell-cafe] Compilers: Why do we need a core language?

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Mike Meyer wrote:

I have to ask if your core language for Maple was larger than Maple?

I can think of several reasons why it would make sense, especially if the core language is much harder for a human to write for but much easier to optimize and/or generate machine code for. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allbery.b@gmail.com ballbery@sinenomine.net unix/linux, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure http://sinenomine.net