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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 20:58:26 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:15:57 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:47:06 +0100
> Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net>:
>
>>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.

There are two parts: the interpreter interprets code generated by the compiler.

Remember, your CPU is an interpreter, too.