Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/06/03/22:20:19
In a way, machine code is interpreted by processors. So, the difference
between a compiled language like C and an interpreted one like BASIC is
actually how deeply nested interpreters are.
The next lower level thing to machine code interpreted by a CPU, is a
hardware circuit with a fixed purpose. These are even faster than compiled
code. Future computers my be hybrids with CPUs and FPGAs...
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