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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.
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.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcs.anu.edu.au%2F~Peter.Strazdins%2Fseminars%2FdJVM.pdf&ei=FK0kSafSAZSo0gScxs3FDw&usg=AFQjCNHrPDWFanLbyUu3kX-lEkzZrWR6bw&sig2=jcMo0CIWzGg_nZVLvDHpxA
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.
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!