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05/09/12 22:03
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 		 #187307 - Interreted Languages - revisited
In an old, now locked, thread, I said:
One of the oft-claimed advantages of Interpreted Languages is that you don't have the overhead of the "build" cycle.

As I'm currently working with an Interpreted Language (Python - not on an 8051), I'm coming to think that this is not (necessarily) all it's cracked-up to be:


  • A "conventional" build (compiler, linker, etc) has to check all the code for syntax & semantics before it will give you anything to run;


  • An interpreter, on the other hand, may not actually notice such errors until it actually tries to "run" the offending line - which could be some considerable time into the program

    http://www.8052.com/forumchat/read/184656


    • It seems that TI are now suffering from exactly this problem on their forum:

    I said:
    The error is that a method or property is being used which doesn't exist!

    Now, a compiled language would give a compile-time error for that - surely, there must be tools to detect this for a scripting language...?!

    http://e2e.ti.com/group/hel...spx#673632




    List of 15 messages in thread
    TopicAuthorDate
    Interreted Languages - revisited            01/01/70 00:00      
       No Tools?            01/01/70 00:00      
          Interpreted is always problematic for complex problems            01/01/70 00:00      
          It's more than just syntax            01/01/70 00:00      
             lint isn't really a syntax checker            01/01/70 00:00      
                Yea That            01/01/70 00:00      
                Static code analyser            01/01/70 00:00      
          Exception handling            01/01/70 00:00      
             exceptions are normally too little too late            01/01/70 00:00      
       the issue with interpreted languages is ...            01/01/70 00:00      
          interpreted languages are more than "throw away code"            01/01/70 00:00      
             I hate throwing objects in the cogs, but...            01/01/70 00:00      
                Someone else responsible for compiling the interpreter            01/01/70 00:00      
                But the same applies to compiled languages!            01/01/70 00:00      
          Disagree            01/01/70 00:00      

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