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

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <038073c84e3fe3a00a40ffb3fe9d76b5@TeraNews>,
Really <barryem@yahoo.com> wrote:
>"Tjoff Tjonk" <tjoff@tjonk.now> wrote in message
>pan.2003.06.20.07.22.12.341074@tjonk.now">news:pan.2003.06.20.07.22.12.341074@tjonk.now...
>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:09:30 -0500, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
>>
>> There are no fundamental differences between a compiler and an
>> interpreter; it is possible to write a BASIC compiler, and it is
>> possible to write a C or C++ interpreter.
>
>I have BASIC compilers and a C interpreter (quincy).  This has no
>real bearing on the argument.
>
>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.

Does that mean that an Apple II Basic program is not a program?

Does that mean that an Apple II machine language program is a program
only if run on Apple II hardware, but nit if interpreted on an Apple II
software emulator ???


>I'm still bothered by the fact that HTLM can't do computation.  But
>I'm not really sure how that fits.
>
>Barry
>
>


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