Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Rainer Weikusat Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:01:27 +0100 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <871q0m7c3s.fsf@doppelsaurus.mobileactivedefense.com> References: <87edbtz43p.fsf@tudado.org> <0d2cnVzOmbD6f4z7nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <87a5fdj7f2.fsf@doppelsaurus.mobileactivedefense.com> <87wmighu4i.fsf@doppelsaurus.mobileactivedefense.com> <87o73rj3sr.fsf@doppelsaurus.mobileactivedefense.com> <20241010120827.867@kylheku.com> <87frp3itsk.fsf@doppelsaurus.mobileactivedefense.com> <87jzee3ded.fsf@doppelsaurus.mobileactivedefense.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: individual.net BZ4TmUkN6wn/yp6stwvGFgoIeTn/gnHIRb09tsQh2JlOc2eXc= Cancel-Lock: sha1:txXjcw49r1yr8iEvDqUSdHUuDag= sha1:Y1Sz8QIZFOt+B7aAAjrLilDbT0k= sha256:18z5NDuFyIB4sde3ejw3PSm87CgFlJBoNZk1V3LxTEQ= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Bytes: 2148 Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org writes: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:47:06 +0100 > Rainer Weikusat boring babbled: >>Bart writes: >>> Interpreter? Perl has some kind of compiler in it, right? >> >>The Perl compiler turns Perl source code into a set of (that's a > > Does it produce a standalone binary as output? No, so its an intepreter > not a compiler. However unlike the python interpreter its non interactive > making it an even less attractive option these days. The perl debugger offers an interactive environment (with line editing support if the necessary packages/ modules are available). It can be invoked with a suitable 'script argument' to use it without actually debugging something, eg, perl -de 0