Feb. 18, 2011
4:49 p.m.
On 18 February 2011 17:42, Craig Latta <craig@netjam.org> wrote:
But the first image must have a compiler, only the derived (aggregated by transfer) can avoid a compiler.
  Sure, any image can load the compiler when needed (without needing the compiler to do that :), and unload it at will. The point is that it need not be part of the kernel image.
For developers like me, loading the code is a bit less of value than being able to create new code (through compiling of course). :) But of course for production systems, one may choose to not have compiler, which is perfectly fine and even helps to close some security gaps.
-C
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