Re: Programming Language Productivity: The Stupidity of Programmers

From: Tak To (takto_at_alum.mit.edu.-)
Date: 11/16/03 

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 02:04:15 -0500

Tak To wrote:
TT> As I said before, an interpreter comprises of a compiler
TT> that compiles one token at a time.

L.J. Buitinck wrote:
LJ> shouldn't that be one expression at a time?

It depends. Some interpreter always process one token at a time,
while others would process several tokens all at once at various
times. However, one can view the latter situation as having a
"linking" phase.

Anyways, I think we have digressed too far. What I said originally
was that one should not compare interpreter languages and compiler
languages (in the context of what languages have better tools).

Tak 

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