Re: Illegal C++

[Wiz Aus]

> From: Nicolas Sceaux <address@hidden>
> To: "Wiz Aus" <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Illegal C++
> Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:44:48 +0200
>
> "Wiz Aus" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > lilypond uses an interpretive language (Scheme)
>
> No. LilyPond uses an *implementation* of Scheme, namely guile, which
> only provides an interpreter, but no compiler, unlike many other Scheme
> implementations.  Please do not widespread wrong clichés.
Well sure - except that "interpretive" isn't ever an accurate description of 
a *language* - any language can fully compiled, partially compiled (e.g. 
Java), or fully interpreted.  There are even interpretive C++ 
implementations.
But I agree it would more accurate to see lilypond uses an interpret*ed* 
language (Scheme).
Even if it did use pre-compiled scheme, because lilypond supports compiling 
scores that contain Scheme code, it would still require effectively 
interpretive processing, which is not doubt a large reason for it's 
less-than-blinding-fast operation.

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