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

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Le Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:54:25 -0500 (EST),
citb at lavabit.com a écrit :

> 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?

What would be the point in doing so?

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