Re: PHP - Interpreted or Compiled Language
| From: | Curt Zirzow | Date: | Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:27:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP - Interpreted or Compiled Language | ||
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* Thus wrote Binay Agarwal (binay@m-web.com):
> Thanks jay for quick response
>
> I'll tell you what really forced me to go in the matter of interpreted or
> Compiled language.
>
> In the heart of PHP 4+ is Zend Engine which compiles (often says) the php
> code into some intermediate code called opcode and then Zend executor
> executes them converting these opcodes to machine language. right??
>
> If it is so why PHP is an Interpreted Language.
My understanding is that the opcode'd file is just a list of
opcodes (for zend) to interpret. You can't take the opcode'd
file and run it on your machine; thus it is still interpreted.
Curt
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"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."