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

citb at lavabit.com citb at lavabit.com
Tue Nov 20 12:54:25 CET 2012


Hello,

I know nothing about compilers and interpreters. I checked several
books, but none of them explained why we have to translate a
high-level language into a small (core) language. Is it impossible
(very hard) to directly translate high-level language into machine
code?






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