This text is gibberish. How do you get an answer if you don't interpret your program? Why is x86 not a programming language?
Robby On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Bryan Chadwick <chadw...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > It seems they only have one (explicit) requirement: "interpreted", but > even that isn't really a requirement. Any (platform independent) > programming language should do, so long as securities issuers present > their source... not bytecode. > > A more pressing concern should be standardization. > > Bryan. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Pg. 214 of the proposal: > http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2010/33-9117.pdf > > "Python is an open source interpreted programming > language. Open source means that the source code is available > to all users (as opposed to proprietary source code that can > be viewed only by the owner or developer of the program). An > interpreted language is a programming language that requires > an interpreter in the target computer for program > execution. > > We prohibit the inclusion of executable code in electronic > submissions on EDGAR because of the computer security risks > posed by accepting executable code for filing. Executable code > results from separately compiling a computer program prior to > running it. Since Python is an interpreted language that does > not need to be compiled prior to running it, executable code > would not need to be published on EDGAR, and we would not > require EDGAR to establish facilities to host, run, or operate > any computer program." > > >> Relevant background question: does anyone know how they picked >> Python? This information would probably tell us a lot about what >> it is that they're looking for. > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev > _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev
