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Re: A Few Noob Questions

From Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: A Few Noob Questions
Date 2011-08-19 00:40 +0800
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>> In the old days, "Programs" were compiled into binary codes for direct
>> execution by the CPU. "Scripts" were not compiled, but interpreted by a
>> program called intepreter.
>
> Contrary to popular belief, scripts, i. e. programs written in a scripting
> language, are compiled, too.  They are *JIT-compiled* *at runtime*.

Is this real compilation? :)

> PHP 4+ scripts are compiled by the Zend Engine (a virtual machine, currently
> Zend Engine II), to Zend Opcode, a platform-independent byte code (much like
> with Java).  That byte code is interpreted by that VM.

So is PHP still a script?

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        Re: A Few Noob Questions Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2011-08-19 00:41 +0800
          Re: A Few Noob Questions The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-08-18 18:33 +0100
          Re: A Few Noob Questions Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-08-18 18:39 +0100
            Re: A Few Noob Questions The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-08-18 19:09 +0100
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        Re: A Few Noob Questions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-08-20 19:48 +0200
          Re: A Few Noob Questions Samuel Smythe <s.smythe@yahoo.com> - 2011-08-20 15:08 -0400
            Re: A Few Noob Questions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-08-20 23:31 +0200
              Re: A Few Noob Questions Samuel Smythe <s.smythe@yahoo.com> - 2011-08-20 18:37 -0400
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                Re: A Few Noob Questions Samuel Smythe <s.smythe@yahoo.com> - 2011-08-20 19:04 -0400
                Re: A Few Noob Questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-08-20 21:44 -0400
                Re: A Few Noob Questions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-08-21 09:16 +0200
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