[oak perl] New IBM/Sony/Toshiba microprocessor is good news for Perl

[Belden Lyman]

On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 11:48, Adrien Lamothe wrote:
> What does this have to do with Perl? Well, as an
> interpreted language, Perl programs will always
> run slower than their compiled cousins. Interpreted
> languages always benefit from hardware speed
> increases. So, on this newer hardware, Perl may
> be considered for tasks that it previously wasn't.

Why do you say "interpreted languages always benefit from
hardware speed increases"? Isn't an increase in hardware
speed an across-the-board gain for all software using that
hardware?

I mean, sure, perl programs will run faster, but they won't
run any faster in comparison to other programs.

Personally, I hope that the increase in CPU speed allows
for better 3-d games and cooler special effects in films.
And perhaps better software testing.

Did anyone see http://tinyurl.com/7yr6s in Popular Science
last month, which showed how inkjet printers are doing some
very wierd things? (Like printing a cat heart: no kidding.)

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