Re: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE and What is a Script

2001-08-19 Thread Matija Papec
Jim Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Perl is NOT an interpreted language (such as the BASIC language I learned in >>high school, many, many years ago). > >Just a minor correction (semantics only). Perl *is* an interpreted >language where BASIC and C are compiled languages. I believe everyone

RE: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE and What is a Script

2001-08-17 Thread Jim Conner
At 04:41 PM 08.17.2001 -0700, Dean Theophilou wrote: >Hello: > > I understand what you're saying but the fact remains: STRICTLY > speaking, >Perl is NOT an interpreted language (such as the BASIC language I learned in >high school, many, many years ago). Just a minor correction (semantic

RE: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE and What is a Script

2001-08-17 Thread Dean Theophilou
PROTECTED]; Jon Acierto; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE and What is a Script > "Dean Theophilou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I understand what you're saying but the fact remains: STRICTLY speaking, > Perl is NOT an interpreted language

Re: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE and What is a Script

2001-08-17 Thread smoot
> "Dean Theophilou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I understand what you're saying but the fact remains: STRICTLY speaking, > Perl is NOT an interpreted language (such as the BASIC language I learned in > high school, many, many years ago). Sure, there is an interpreter, but > there is also a

RE: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE and What is a Script

2001-08-17 Thread Dean Theophilou
Hello: I understand what you're saying but the fact remains: STRICTLY speaking, Perl is NOT an interpreted language (such as the BASIC language I learned in high school, many, many years ago). Sure, there is an interpreter, but there is also a compile phase (which is the point you sorta