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

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.