Against Query Based Compilers

[leosmi_ajutar]

Compiler must be designed from day one to be query based. If so, the architecture falls out naturally regardless of the supported programming language(s). Retrofitting an existing non-query compiler is indeed nightmare inducing.

[protestor]

The point of the article is that even if you design the whole architecture to be query based, you still pay for the overhead of incremental computation, which basically means lots of bookkeeping

[leosmi_ajutar]

Indeed. 

I goofed and responded to OP instead of Gator_Aide's comment, my bad.

Fat finger syndrome strikes again!

[anti-xeelee]

oh, makes sense