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Re^2: Why is this code so much slower than the same algorithm in C?by Erez (Priest) |
on Dec 09, 2008 at 08:44 UTC ( [id://729105]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Perl is an interpreted language ... Perl code is executed by a virtual machine that is itself a binary executable for the native hardware of the host No, and No. The perl executable ... has two distinct stages ... It compiles your perl program source into a parse tree. This compiler then performs various optimizations such as ... loading in certain library definitions ... "A core tenant of the greater Perl philosophy is to trust that the developer knows enough to solve the problem" - Jay Shirley, A case for Catalyst.
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