On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 3:34 AM, Peter Nagy <petern_AT_riseup.net> wrote:
> The distinction isn't that clear though, e.g. many scripting languages can byte compile the sources. And the "no obvious reasons" is as usual speed, be it runtime or network. An OSS website can still publish the real, readable sources with steps how to use it, just like compiled languages do. I wouldn't be so quick with the categorization. Compiling is a type of preprocessing step and many other languages have other such steps.
True. Looks like I just countered a false dichotomy with another false
dichotomy (scripted => run directly from script / compiled => you
can't). Duh.
Received on Wed May 23 2018 - 08:51:06 CEST