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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Editing "Forth" (PostScript).
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On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:13:24 -0400, DFS wrote:

> Is it an executable?

If it has executable permissions, then yes. Otherwise, no.

What language is it written in? Is it a compiled binary? Or an interpreted 
language? Who cares? If I change the implementation from one to the other, 
should I have to change the name? Do users have to invoke it a different 
way? No.