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break-even point
(encz) | break-even point,bod zvratu Zdeněk Brož |
break-even point
(encz) | break-even point,hranice rentability Zdeněk Brož |
break-even point
(foldoc) | break-even point
In the process of implementing a new computer language, the
point at which the language is sufficiently effective that one
can implement the language in itself. That is, for a new
language called, hypothetically, FOOGOL, one has reached
break-even when one can write a demonstration compiler for
FOOGOL in FOOGOL, discard the original implementation
language, and thereafter use working versions of FOOGOL to
develop newer ones. This is an important milestone. See {My
Favourite Toy Language}.
[There actually is a language called Foogol].
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break-even point
(jargon) | break-even point
n.
In the process of implementing a new computer language, the point at which
the language is sufficiently effective that one can implement the language
in itself. That is, for a new language called, hypothetically, FOOGOL, one
has reached break-even when one can write a demonstration compiler for
FOOGOL in FOOGOL, discard the original implementation language, and
thereafter use working versions of FOOGOL to develop newer ones. This is an
important milestone; see MFTL.
Since this entry was first written, several correspondents have reported
that there actually was a compiler for a tiny Algol-like language called
Foogol floating around on various VAXen in the early and mid-1980s. A
FOOGOL implementation is available at the Retrocomputing Museum http://
www.catb.org/retro/.
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