Gerry
I think that the definition of "compilation" will continue to blur, especially as JIT grows.
Changes in data structures are also an issue- as xml gains ground, interpreters are and always will be required to cope with these transactions. As data is the cornerstone of most applications, it seems counterintuitive to focus on true compilation for apps when most processing and potential bottlenecks will be in interpreting the data.
Regards
JR
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
