Re: Re: "use strict" or similar in PHP?

On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 14:32 -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > ... the line between the > > definition of interpreted language and compiled language is quite blurry > > these days. > > #include<stdio.h> > main() > { > printf("Hello World"); > } > > Compile that - and you can run it on any system that is binary > compatible, whether or not is has a C compiler. > > However, it will not run on systems that are not binary compatible, even > if they have a C compiler. > > <?php > print ("Hello World"); > ?> > > That will only run on systems with a php interpreter, even if you > "compile" it into byte-code. > > However, unlike the c example, it will run on any system with a php > interpreter. > > Nothing fuzzy about it. This is not the litmus test for compiled versus interpreted languages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiled_language Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP