|Bourne shell script compiler? firstname.lastname@example.org (1991-02-22)|
|Re: Bourne shell script compiler? email@example.com (1991-02-23)|
|From:||firstname.lastname@example.org (Henry Spencer)|
|Organization:||U of Toronto Zoology|
|Date:||Sat, 23 Feb 1991 23:38:42 GMT|
In article <791@wsc-sun.BOEING.COM> email@example.com (Conrad Kimball) writes:
>I'm looking for a Bourne shell script compiler - that is, a compiler that
>accepts a Bourne shell (sh) script as input and produces C code as output.
Based on some experience with a pre-Bourne (!) shell compiler, long ago,
the benefits of such a thing are limited unless it incorporates extensive
knowledge of the more common programs invoked from shell scripts. Running
a shell script comprises parsing, interpretation (variables etc.), and
execution (fork/exec) of programs. A simpleminded shell compiler eliminates
the parsing and streamlines much of the interpretation, but it's the execution
that is usually the bottleneck. You won't see a big win unless the compiler
is smart enough to optimize out some of the execution.
Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology, firstname.lastname@example.org utzoo!henry
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