Re: AS: Compiled or interpreted?
Re: AS: Compiled or interpreted?
- Subject: Re: AS: Compiled or interpreted?
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:12:45 -0800
At 21:18 -0500 3/14/2002, email@hidden wrote:
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This is a simple question, but one I've never seen the answer to. Is
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AppleScript run as compiled (i.e. - machine) code or as interpretted code at
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runtime when saved as a 'compiled script'? I know the answer seems obvious
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(compiled script = compiled code), but I'm not so sure that it actually is.
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Chris ought to know... comments?
AppleScript is compiled into a byte-code form and interpreted from that.
But consider: on many processors, the "machine code" is interpreted by
code running in the chip (the 680x0 family, for instance). So the "machine
code" you see may or may not be the "machine code" which the silicon knows
about.
--John
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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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