language interpreters/ interpreted languages weaknesses?
Gordon McMillan
gmcm at hypernet.com
Thu Sep 2 10:10:21 EDT 1999
/F wrote:
> > that's what *you* think. lots of people are running
> > Python programs without ever noticing, and without
> > ever seeing the source code. you might have done
> > that, too.
Ian Clarke wrote:
> I am not talking about what the user notices, I am talking about
> what the developer does - and I would venture that most Python code
> is distributed with its source, where as this is rare with Java
> code. Whether the end-user notices this is not relevant.
You can use a number of tools to package up Python apps in compiled
form, (including freeze in the Tools directory). Both Fredrik and I
are authors of utilities of this kind, and I can certainly assure you
that many developers are using our tools.
Arguing that there's a "social" component to the distinction between
interpreted and compiled, and then arguing that it's what the
'developer does', not what the 'user notices', indicates a fondness
for disputation in excess of any regard for relevance.
- Gordon
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