In interpreted programming languages, such as PHP and JavaScript, what are the repercussions of going with an Object Oriented approach over a Procedural approach? Specifically what I am looking for is a checklist of things to consider when creating a web application and choosing between Procedural and Object Oriented approaches, to opti...
If there are any language designers out there (or people simply in the know), I'm curious about the methodology behind creating standard libraries for interpreted languages. Specifically, what seems to be the best approach? Defining standard functions/methods in the interpreted language, or performing the processing of those calls in the...
I am developing a GPL-licensed application in Python and need to know if the GPL allows my program to use proprietary plug-ins. This is what the FSF has to say on the issue: If a program released under the GPL uses plug-ins, what are the requirements for the licenses of a plug-in? It depends on how the program invokes its plug-i...
I hope this question does not come off as broad as it may seem at first. I am designing a software application in my <sarcasm>voluminous</sarcasm> spare time. I would like it to be both cross-platform and modular. At this point, because I am still in the planning phase, I can pick practically any language and toolset. This makes thin...
Having worked with Classic ASP for about 2 years now by creating a few 100 simple web forms I can't see a good reason for switching to .net; however, I'm not that versed in .net so I'm sure I could be missing a few things. Some points that I often hear around work can be found here: http://www.packtpub.com/article/Classic-ASP (not that ...
I am looking to write an interpreted language in C#, where should I start? I know how I would do it using fun string parsing, but what is the correct way? ...
I have heard of some compilers that convert code in one high level language to another e.g Shedskin that converts python code to optimized C++. I was wondering why would one ever try to do that. Why not directly write in the desired language itself? The only reason I could think of was may be compiled languages like C/C++ are better tha...
I want to use Subversion with a script based development system, and was wondering what to do differently to my usual situation (C#/.NET). The normal day-to-day update/commit cycle will work fine, as will change tracking and comparison of revisions. Where I'd like some advice is around handling of deployment. With this script system, t...
I build database-driven web sites. Previously I have used Perl or PHP with MySQL. Now I am starting a big new project, and I want to do it in the way that will result in the most responsive possible site. I have seen several pages here where questions about how to optimize PHP are criticized with various versions of "it's not worth goi...
As the title indicates, are there any C/C++ bytecode compilers/interpreters? I'm writing an application in an interpreted language that depends on certain libraries that are fully cross-compilable (there are no special flags to indicate code changes during compilation for a certain platform) but are written in C and C++. Rather than ship...
Python is compiled into an intermediate bytecode(pyc) and then executed. So, there is a compilation followed by interpretation. However, long-time Python users say that Python is a "late-binding" language and that it should`nt be referred to as an interpreted language. How would Python be different from another interpreted language? Co...
I've been given to understand that Python is an interpreted language... however, when I look at my Python source code I see .pyc files, which Windows identifies as "Compiled Python Files". Where do these come in? ...