Thus spake Kirk Strauser ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > At 2003-08-27T11:41:17Z, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > To me, it seems that the obvious solution is to run the script through a > > Perl compiler, and produce a binary executable that should execute at the > > same order of speed as any other compiled HLL code. > > Perl is compiled into opcodes before execution begins. All Perl is compiled.
Perl is byte-compiled (like java was intended, like python) which means that the resulting bytecode must still be interpreted, adding a level of overhead to compilation to native code. python actually can be "frozen" to produce an executable that does not require IIRC even the python runtime library to be present. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
