Hey japhy.

Its too bad you didnt bring up closures. Thats about the best example I can think of in perl. Grep and map, while very cool and useful are basically just for loops so to me they dont count that much (even though the idea has a functional origin)

She also said Perl was interpreted, and not compiled.
Yes the old interpreted versus compiled debate. You really could have nailed her by pointing out what I said earlier "all digital computer are technically Automated Interpreted Formal Systems" which mean no matter how you look at it ultimately the code gets interpreted.

I kinda hate that debate actually, cause so often the lines get blurred. For instance if a c program has a regex engine then some part of the c programs code gets compiled then interpreted... Nightmare.

add to the fact that languages that have some form of interpretation are usually so much more fun to program...

:-)
Yves

In reply to Re: Re: What's the big deal? by demerphq
in thread What's the big deal? by dragonchild

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