I'd like to know how scripts are processed, whether they are compiled into bytecode, how memory is allocated for variables, how scripting languages perform compared to each other, etc.
--- Cameron Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Dave Zhu wrote: > >> Hello All, > >> > >> Is there any survey on scripting languages? I > would > >> like to get information on several scripting > languages > >> including Python, Perl, Ruby, Tcl, etc. > > > >What kind of information? ... > > Precisely. There are whole books <URL: > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578700108/002-9216984-6160028 > > > on this subject; there are breezy sketches <URL: > http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/4061/swol-0202-regex/ > > > you can read in a single setting; and 'most > everything > between. Who wants to know? Is your real interest > to > know what the job market for each language is, or > the > syntax of arithmetic in each language, or which one > has > the best Conferences, or ...? > > <URL: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list