language interpreters/ interpreted languages weaknesses?
Bernhard Reiter
bernhard at alpha1.csd.uwm.edu
Wed Sep 1 16:13:50 EDT 1999
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999 09:17:17 +0100, Ian Clarke <I.Clarke at strs.co.uk> wrote:
>> Are there any other major weaknesses of interpreted languages over
>> conventional languages such as C, C++, Ada etc.?
>Speed is the only one I can think of
It is harder to do type-checking for the whole program, because most
interpreted languages also have syntax allowing more dynamic constructs
and require less declaration.
>> What are the most popular interpreted languages around?
Beside from the other suggestions.
Basic, shell and lisp/scheme
probably deserve mentioning.
Bernhard
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