On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:52:17 -0800, Paul Boddie wrote: > These days, I seriously doubt that anyone uses the term "interpreted" to > mean "parses the source text and works out what to do, over and over > again as the program runs".
Given the way that people seem to use "interpreted" as a pejorative and a synonym for "slow", I don't doubt it one bit. Especially in management, where they might be making technical judgments on the basis of half- remembered Comp Sci 101 lessons from fifteen years earlier and vague buzzword-laden articles in trade magazines. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
