Lea writes: > Inefficiency? Aren't all interpretive languages inefficient by > definition versus compiled languages?
Maybe, it depends. Many interpreted languages call well coded / compiled routines, so the majority of the execution time very well may be in the routines. (Think APL. :-) It also depends on whether "inefficient" applies only to the execution time, or includes the development and testing times. So, e.g., a short Perl script which applies a regular expression to a file and emits some summary results very well might be a much more efficient overall process than would result from using a compiled language. -- --henry schaffer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
