It can be made just as fast by introducing a simple optimization pass as the last step of the decoding of code.
Simply replace F_CALL <builtin_function> with F_CALL_BUILTIN <index>
The ideal solution would probably be portable bytecode that is converted into the internal represenation when the object file is loaded.
/ Per Hedbor ()
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2004-07-04 14:51: Subject: Re: Warnings from startup script
I thought you were adressing the general problem, as opposed to ad-hockery for your special case.
/ Marcus Comstedt (ACROSS) (Hail Ilpalazzo!)