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

[José Lopes]

Hey,

Here are some interesting links you that might help answer your question.

http://www.aosabook.org/en/ghc.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NPBrWDzO2A

Regards,
José

On 11/20/2012 12:54 PM, citb at lavabit.com wrote:
> 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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