Re: Compilation of Pike with Emscripten ?

What are the minimal requirement to compile and running Pike ? How could you define the kernel part of Pike ? My first objective is to compile with Emscripten a limited set of Pike's components.


Le 6 oct. 2014 à 15:47, Chris Angelico a écrit :

> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Olivier Auverlot
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> With Emscripten, it's possible to compile a C code and to translate it into javascript. Do you think that's is possible with Pike ? The main problem is the nature of the executed code. Chromebook are using differents architectures (Intel and ARM) and it's needed to use an interpreter of byte codes. Pike uses bytecode or native code ?
>> 
> 
> Pike compiles to native code where available. As long as it's aware
> that it can't compile to native on this platform, it should fall back
> on straight-forward interpretation of its own internal bytecode. If
> necessary, you can force it to avoid machine code:
> 
> make CONFIGUREARGS=--without-machine-code
> 
> I've no idea how performance will be, running a language interpreter
> under JavaScript! But more importantly, I've no idea how many external
> C-level libraries you'll have available. This could be a *very*
> interesting port, though. I get people asking me every now and then
> when I'll port my MUD client (Gypsum) to a mobile platform; and if
> Pike's available for any of them, that could make Gypsum available.
> (Though I doubt you'll have GTK for Emscripten. Oh well.)
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> ChrisA
>