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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq1.pod b/pod/perlfaq1.pod index 6463a98061..6af40ae129 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq1.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq1.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.11 $, $Date: 1997/03/19 17:23:09 $) +perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 1997/04/24 22:43:34 $) =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -190,11 +190,12 @@ In "standard terminology" a I<program> has been compiled to physical machine code once, and can then be be run multiple times, whereas a I<script> must be translated by a program each time it's used. Perl programs, however, are usually neither strictly compiled nor strictly -interpreted. They can be compiled to a byte code form (something of a Perl -virtual machine) or to completely different languages, like C or assembly -language. You can't tell just by looking whether the source is destined -for a pure interpreter, a parse-tree interpreter, a byte code interpreter, -or a native-code compiler, so it's hard to give a definitive answer here. +interpreted. They can be compiled to a byte code form (something of a +Perl virtual machine) or to completely different languages, like C or +assembly language. You can't tell just by looking whether the source +is destined for a pure interpreter, a parse-tree interpreter, a byte +code interpreter, or a native-code compiler, so it's hard to give a +definitive answer here. =head2 What is a JAPH? |