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Adobe Releases C/C++ To Flash Compiler
SnT2k writes "Adobe recently released the beta version of Alchemy which compiles C/C++ code into AS3 bytecode (which runs on AVM2) that can run on the Flash or Flex platform and boasts increased performance for computationally-intensive tasks (but still slower than native C/C++). It was demonstrated last year during the Chicago MAX 2007 to run Quake. A few months later it has been demonstrated to run a Python interpreter and Nintendo Emulator. One interesting tidbit is that the thing is built upon the open source LLVM Compiler Infrastructure."
Wow, I can compile my C/C++ code to run on a slow virtual machine instead of a native cpu architecture.
I haven't had this much fun ever since I discovered the java Virtual Machine written in java.
It brings back the heady days of my 8088.
And I'd like a pony.
Why does everybody as for a pony, but not a stable to keep it in, or food to keep it alive?
Does Pony meat taste that good?
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
Why does everybody as for a pony, but not a stable to keep it in, or food to keep it alive?
Does Pony meat taste that good?
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
>Why does everybody as for a pony, but not a stable to keep it in, or food to keep it alive?
I live all alone in a farmhouse, you insensitive clod.
-fb Everything not expressly forbidden is now mandatory.
"Compiler", is that the new spelling for "Automated Buffer Overflow Generator" ?.
Hey, Fucko, we like to call it inter-species erotica.
"There are no facts, only interpretations." --Friedrich Nietzsche.
Neigh...
Every mans' island needs an ocean; choose your ocean carefully.
Zoning regulations for Slashdot do not allow for the boarding of ponies in this thread.
Every mans' island needs an ocean; choose your ocean carefully.
Don't put a gift horse in the mouth.
Fixed for ya.
Don't look a gift lion in the mouth.
Most people don't get why the integral of "e to the x" is so funny. Most math majors don't have a sense of humor.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Shouldn't that be ... Don't put a gift horse in the mouth
Oh wait, that sounds even worse. Nevermind.
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My first thought on reading this post was that the super-long Google url WAS the cluster-aware distributed virtual machine.
So, how long until Google reveals its next project: Compile C++ to a Google URL, and visit the URL to see your program running?
Why does everybody as for a pony, but not a stable to keep it in, or food to keep it alive?
Does Pony meat taste that good?
Because when it's a pony from Adobe you know that it will soon crash and die, and it wouldn't know what stable is anyway.
Wow!!!! That's like rain on your wedding day! That's like like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife!!! That's like good advice that you just didn't take!!!
Finally! Java applets are always so full of hassle to get running compared to Flash objects.
Now I can compile the JVM to Flash and run my Java applets inside Flash - no more need to install those meddlesome Java plugins!
think the closest analogy to horse meat is ostrich meat
Thanks! I'm glad you cleared that up for everyone.
If all you have is a grenade, pretty soon every problem looks like a foxhole -- MightyYar
Ostrich doesn't really taste like beef at all. In fact I can't think of anything else it does taste like.
It's little bit like emu
And you forgot the most important thing, now they can port linux to flash and appease all the slashdot haters with one question and one answer: Does it run linux? and Yes, it does.
And before someone responds to this as if it were a serious post: I very sincerely hope this is and will remain a joke.