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From: Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 08:40:46 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:01:27 +0100
Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> boring babbled:
>Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org writes:
>> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:47:06 +0100
>> Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> boring babbled:
>>>Bart <bc@freeuk.com> 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

I didn't know about that, I stand corrected on that point.