Any C/C++ to non-native bytecode compiler/interpreters?

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Any C/C++ to non-native bytecode compiler/interpreters?

As the title indicates, are there any C/C++ bytecode compilers/interpreters? I'm writing an application in an interpreted language that depends on certain libraries that are fully cross-compilable (there are no special flags to indicate code changes during compilation for a certain platform) but are written in C and C++. Rather than shipping n-platform-specific-libs with each platform, it would be nice to ship one set of libs which are interpreted by one platform specific interpreter.

Possible and/or available?

EDIT1: The interpreted language in question is Python, though I may also use Ruby.

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Which interpreted language are you using? If it has a .NET based implementation (e.g. IronPython) you could possibly use it with the C++/CLI compiler to produce byte code for the .NET CLR and Mono.

This is only likely to be feasible if you have full control over your C++ libraries.

richj 2010-04-04 21:54:28

I honestly hadn't thought of doing that.

Matt 2010-04-04 22:09:15

Using Mono may not be the most stable way to accomplish this. Especially for Python, which already has portable ways to distribute C extensions.

Chris Lutz 2010-04-04 22:22:17

Using the standard approach, the Python code is portable, but the C/C++ libraries have to be recompiled for each platform. The standard approach might have advantages over the CLR/Mono approach, but it doesn't meet the "ship one set of libs which are interpreted by one platform specific interpreter" requirement for the C/C++ libraries.

richj 2010-04-04 22:46:20

@richj - My point is that you can just ship the C source, and let the receiver compile it the normal way.

Chris Lutz 2010-04-04 23:45:56

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If you are not sure about using the .NET VM/CLR, then you could give the Java VM a try with LLJVM (via llvm-gcc) and either Jython or JRuby.

spong 2010-04-04 23:41:50

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