Vivec wrote: > It means operate on..translate. > The interpreter Parses a command...code is parsed by a compiler. it's > broken down...err..translated.
Compilers do not parse. Compilers compile parsed code. Parsers parse. It's kind of a nitpicky distinction, since most modern compilers have a built-in parser, but still. To parse is not to translate, nor is it a generic "operate on". It specifically means to apply a formal grammar to "tokenized" language. So you can parse English or XML, but to parse an object doesn't make much sense. --Ben "paid too much attention in CS class" Doom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241946 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
