Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/06/02/19:36:44
Jeff Weeks wrote:
> I agree with the first paragraph. Some place or another the processor
> is going to have to interpret something. You say you compile things
> into machine code... you're exactly right... machine CODE. Code which
> must be interpreted by the processor. The processor has to look at the
> code in memory and say, "Oh, EA... that means jump" and does a jump.
> Just because it does this blindingly fast doesn't mean it's not
> interpreted.
The reason a distinction is made between compiled and interpreted
languages is that compiled languages are faster, since they're turning
source code into a binary form native to the processor in question.
Obviously the processor executed compile machine code. But that's missing
the purpose of the distinction is made between compiled and interpreted
languages.
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