Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

["Really" <barryem@yahoo.com>]

"Tjoff Tjonk" <tjoff@tjonk.now> wrote in message
pan.2003.06.20.21.14.57.296658@tjonk.now">news:pan.2003.06.20.21.14.57.296658@tjonk.now...
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:38:00 +0000, Really wrote:
>
> > My definition says machine instructions are a program.
Compiled C
> > and some compiled BASICs produce machine instructions and are
> > therefore programs.
> >
> > Interpreted code, be it C or BASIC, don't produce machine
> > instructions.  In the absence of their interpreter they can do
> > nothing at all.  As with HTML.  The program is the interpreter.
>
> A BASIC program already are machine instructions - for the BASIC
> interpreter machine! There are no fundamental differences between
a BASIC
> interpreter machine and a microprocessor (say, 6502) machine.

That's a good point.  Okay.  I don't think you've turned HTLM or
word documents into programs yet but I think you've killed my
definition.

Barry