• Naich
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    1 month ago

    I always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.

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      1 month ago

      That’s just the difference between compiled and interpreted.

      Interpreted programs such as web apps can very much be programs, after all.

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        1 month ago

        Interpreted languages have classically been called scripting languages, it’s pedantic but it has use and meaning in the industry.

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          19 days ago

          There is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.

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          30 days ago

          Pedantic correct. The best type of correct.

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            19 days ago

            No, it’s not. It’s objectively inaccurate.

            A computer does not care whether the instructions it’s executing were compiled ahead of time or interpreted on the fly and they literally never have.