Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk: compiler vs. interpreter vs. script

2008-06-12 Thread Bob Rogers
From: Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:11:22 -0400 > "BR" == Bob Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BR> Lisp goes even farther down the road of blurring the boundary BR> between interpreter and compiler than Perl does. You can even BR> run cod

Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk: compiler vs. interpreter vs. script

2008-06-12 Thread Ben Tilly
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Bob Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Lisp goes even farther down the road of blurring the boundary between > interpreter and compiler than Perl does. You can even run code at read > time, when the program is being parsed by the compiler (or interpreter). >

Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk: compiler vs. interpreter vs. script

2008-06-12 Thread Mark J. Dulcey
Bob Rogers wrote: >From: Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:18:07 -0400 > >. . . perl is both an interpreter and compiler. this is a common >statement but what does it mean? why are somethings only an >interpreter or compiler? why is script used when per

Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk: compiler vs. interpreter vs. script

2008-06-12 Thread Uri Guttman
> "BR" == Bob Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BR>From: Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BR>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:18:07 -0400 BR>. . . perl is both an interpreter and compiler. this is a common BR>statement but what does it mean? why are somethings only an BR>

Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk: compiler vs. interpreter vs. script

2008-06-12 Thread Bob Rogers
From: Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:18:07 -0400 . . . perl is both an interpreter and compiler. this is a common statement but what does it mean? why are somethings only an interpreter or compiler? why is script used when perl is a programming language

Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk

2008-06-12 Thread Uri Guttman
> "JR" == John Redford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JR> What was the goal of this quiz? JR> These are questions. That much is true. But what are given as "answers" JR> would be better called "responses". JR> Such questions, collectively, do not have answers, other than fiat JR> defi

Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk

2008-06-12 Thread Uri Guttman
> "PH" == Philipp Hanes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PH> I thought that the "Why Is Programming Hard?" and "Why Is Programming PH> Easy" questions would be interesting to augment with a similar pair: PH> "Why do non-programmers perceive programming as hard/easy?" i recall you mentioned

Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk

2008-06-12 Thread Philipp Hanes
I thought that the "Why Is Programming Hard?" and "Why Is Programming Easy" questions would be interesting to augment with a similar pair: "Why do non-programmers perceive programming as hard/easy?" > -Original Message- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m.org] On B

Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk

2008-06-12 Thread Uri Guttman
> "CD" == Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CD> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Uri Guttman wrote: >> and yes, the person who posted answers to the bonus question did hit >> upon the correct answer which ruined it for the talk. several people >> agreed with it as they didn't have to rack

Re: [Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk

2008-06-12 Thread Chris Devers
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Uri Guttman wrote: > and yes, the person who posted answers to the bonus question did hit > upon the correct answer which ruined it for the talk. several people > agreed with it as the

[Boston.pm] quiz slides and talk

2008-06-12 Thread Uri Guttman
hi quiz kids! i think the quiz talk went over pretty well. i counted about 16 attendees. there were fun and heated discussions on most every question along with some nasty jokes tossed in like grenades. it was a much more interactive talk than we usually see as it was meant to be that way. and s