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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 21:25:17 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 08:42:17 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:

> Code generated by a compiler does not require an interpreter.

Something has to implement the rules of the “machine language”. This is 
why we use the term “abstract machine”, to avoid having to distinguish 
between “hardware” and “software”.

Think: modern CPUs typically have “microcode” and “firmware” associated 
with them. Are those “hardware” or “software”?

> If you want to go down the reductio ad absurdum route then the electrons
> are interpreters too.

<https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-computational-universe>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics>