* Thus wrote Binay Agarwal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Thanks jay for quick response > > I'll tell you what really forced me to go in the matter of interpreted or > Compiled language. > > In the heart of PHP 4+ is Zend Engine which compiles (often says) the php > code into some intermediate code called opcode and then Zend executor > executes them converting these opcodes to machine language. right?? > > If it is so why PHP is an Interpreted Language.
My understanding is that the opcode'd file is just a list of opcodes (for zend) to interpret. You can't take the opcode'd file and run it on your machine; thus it is still interpreted. Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
