sergio masci wrote:

> If I understand you correctly what you are saying is that if the
> compiler writer is already aware of the /standard/ library before he
> starts writing the compiler AND the /standard/ library definition is
> set in concrete just as the language definition is then the compiler
> writer is able to use intimate knowledge of the /standard/ library
> functions within the compiler without incorporating the code
> generation of the /standard/ library functions within the compiler
> but instead leaving this implemented external to the compiler proper
> (so that these functions can be written by someone else and code
> generated at compile time). 

Correct. 

I thought this all is basically understood when talking about standard
libraries (that is, libraries with an interface that is part of the
language standard).

Gerhard
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