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From: Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:51:10 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:32:28 GMT
scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) gabbled:
>Muttley@dastardlyhq.com writes:
>>Standalone in the sense that the opcodes in the binary don't need to be
>>transformed into something else before being loaded by the CPU.
>
>That's a rather unique definition of 'standalone'.

Is it? As opposed to something that requires a seperate program to run any
of it. That java p-code isn't going to do much without a jvm to translate it
into x86 or ARM etc whereas a compiled binary will - after required libraries
are loaded with it - just run directly on the CPU.