Idea: Run Time Compilation

[KlausO]

Craig Black schrieb:
> Since Walter is in the habit of adding super advanced features to D, I 
> thought it possible that this one might eventually make it in.  As always, 
> please let me know if I'm way off base.
> 
> What if we could invoke the compiler from an application at run time and 
> generate a function that would be instantiated on the heap?  The function 
> would be defined by a text string and would be invoked via a function 
> pointer or delegate.  This would allow a script-like capability with 
> fully-optimized performance provided by the D compiler.  I think the D 
> compiler would be ideal for this since it is so fast.  Since the method 
> would be allocated on the heap dynamically, it could also be removed when it 
> is done being used.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -Craig
> 
> 

I remember the softwire project which does such things. It is currently 
hosted at

https://gna.org/projects/softwire

I also thought that the Win32 port of TinyCC could compile directly to 
the heap.

KlausO