Thanks for the clarification. I assumed perl was what i assumed it to be. Thnaks for putting me on the right wavelength :-)
Darren Darren Ferguson Software Engineer Openband On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Frank Finner wrote: > According to "Programming Perl", Preface: > > "Unlike a strictly interpreted language such as the shell, which > compiles and executes a script at one command at a time, Perl first > compiles your whole program quickly into an intermediate format. Like > any other compiler, it performs various optimizations... Once Perl�s > compiler frontend is happy with your program, it passes off the > intermediate code to the interpreter to execute..." > > mfg Frank Finner > > On 14-Dec-01 Darren Ferguson sat down, thought for a long time and then > wrote: > > Perl is an interpreted language. It does not convert into byte code. > > > > It is scanned each time you can it so the interpreter has to go > > through > > everything line by line. > -- > Frank Finner > > And now there is no turning back at all. > (M. Moorcock, "Elric Of Melnibone")" >
