From interpeted to native code: "dynamic" languages compiler support

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Published on 2010-05-19T13:00:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 13:20 UTC
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First, I am aware that dynamic languages is a term used mainly by a vendor; I am using it just to have a container word to include languages like Perl (a favorite of mine), Python, Tcl, Ruby, PHP and so on. They are interpreted but I am interested here to refer to languages featuring strong capability to support the programmer efficiency and the support for typical constructs of modern interpreted languages

My question is: there are dynamic languages can be compiled efficiently in native executable code - typically for Windows platforms? Which ones? Maybe using some third part ad-hoc tools? I am not talking about huge executables carrying with them a full interpreter or some similar tricks nor some smart module able to include its own dependances or some required modules, but a honest, straight, standard, solid executable code.

If not, there is some technical reason inhibiting the availability of such a best-of-both-world feature?

Thanks!

Daniel

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