Talk:Porting/Archive 2
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Intermediate language
WRT "Instead of translating directly into machine code, modern compilers translate to a machine independent intermediate code in order to enhance portability of the compiler and minimize design efforts. The intermediate language defines a virtual machine that can execute all programs written in the intermediate language (a machine is defined by its language and vice versa). The intermediate code instructions are translated into equivalent machine code sequences by a code generator to create executable code. It is also possible to skip the generation of machine code by actually implementing an interpreter or JIT for the virtual machine"
I think this conflates two concepts: a compiler-specific intermediate language and an executable intermediate language like bytecode. The two things are totally different; should be described distinctly. Stevebroshar (talk) 15:15, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
Article split
I suggest the Porting of video games section to be split into another article called Video game porting. The section is unusually large and has information yet to be filled out, like the history of video game ports and how they became more common, as well as themes such as restrictions on porting imposed by Nintendo. Also, porting of video games is different than ports of other software due to various nuances in graphical fidelity and controls between ports. Dabmasterars [RU/COM] (talk/contribs) 19:55, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose – At six-and-a-half paragraphs, I don't think the video games section is currently getting undue weight in the existing article. It's less than half of the total content. if the history and restrictions mentioned are expanded upon, then I might reconsider, but as things are right now it doesn't look necessary at all. I wouldn't mind seeing a draft of such an article too of course. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 06:31, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
- We already have such an article, titled Video game conversion. I'd suggest merging parts of this article into that one rather than creating a new one.--Krótki (talk) 05:00, 30 June 2026 (UTC)