language interpreters/ interpreted languages weaknesses?

[Emile van Sebille]

Skip Montanaro <skip at mojam.com> wrote in message
news:14285.38262.884171.416195 at dolphin.mojam.com...
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> So, aside from the differences in how you get from source to running
> program, depending on your definitions, they can all be called
compiled or
> interpreted languages.
>

>From my perspective, <25+years business basic> it's interpretive if it
politely stops when it hits a bug, and waits for you to fix the program
and continue.

If-you-can't-change-a-running-program-then-it's-compiled-ly yrs

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Emile van Sebille
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