From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Demos (Was How the Quake source got out)
Date:	Fri, 30 May 1997 09:33:09 -0400
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Adam wrote:
> 
> I guess we have different definitions on interpretation...  Well, maybe I
> should just be more specific...  BASIC is considered an interpreted
> language, in that it interprets the actual code that you write, it doesn't
> compile it into something else first...  That's how interpreted languages
> work...  QuakeC is parsed and compiled into something that is, for all
> intentive purposes, illegible to the standard human.
> 

how about converting the lines you enter into strings of tokens (i think
most basics do this ... they do not read 'p','r','i','n','t' everytime
you run a program. so, in essence, basic programs also get converted to
byte-code (to use the currently fashionable phrase.)
-- 
   Sinan
 
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