"nibudh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > in perl this works: > > #!/usr/bin/env perl > hello("World"); > > sub hello { > print "Hello ". $_[0] . "\n"; > }
Perl executes differently to Python in that it does a compilation stage before executing. Therefore Perl knows about all the function definitions prior to executing any code. Python compiles modules which it imports but not scripts which it executes. > I have a vague recollection that ASP works in a similar way to > python hence > the "hunch" i had earlier but i could be wrong. It's been a while > since i've > done programming. Most interpreted languages work this way. Even the original versions of C worked that way although I thiunk more recent (ANSI/ISO compliant?) versions no longer need the strict ordering, and Pascal also does it that way even though they are pure compiled languages. In the case of Pascal it is because Pascal is designed to be a single pass comilation language - which is why Borland's Object Pascal comiles so quickly in Delphi! -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor