On Aug 13, Anish Mehta said: >I have some doubts on whether perl is compiled or interpreted. Can >someone explain what are the files generated when we run a perl program. > I mean if it is both compiled and interpreted then what is the process.
A Perl program's source code is compiled into an intermediate state called "bytecode", and then that bytecode is executed. There are efforts lately (specifically the PAR project at http://par.perl.org/) to make compiled versions of Perl applications. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan % How can we ever be the sold short or RPI Acacia Brother #734 % the cheated, we who for every service http://japhy.perlmonk.org/ % have long ago been overpaid? http://www.perlmonks.org/ % -- Meister Eckhart -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
