Please skip this post if you are feeling pragmatic. Scott writes: I disagree: xTalk is a high-level language well suited to most application development, if not for bit-fiddling with low-level OS and hardware features. While it's true that you give up some performance and flexibility using a high-level language, you more than make up for this with increased productivity. Note that I'm not criticising C/C++
I have a quick philosophical question: (1) When you write in a higher language like C, there is nothing you can 'say' that cannot also be written directly in machine-code, is that correct? In other words, you could create a language that introduces novel computing approaches, but in the end it must be compilable, which means translated into machine code? (2) Now, my impression has been that the metacard engine more or less emulates a mini-computer, ie creates a virtual computer within your computer. If that idea is correct, then metacards virtual computer machine-talk is different from the real computer's machine talk, but does idea (1) above still hold true? In other words, anything I write in transcript 'could' be written directly in machine-code? thanks, mark mitchell Japan _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
