From:	Mark A. Imbriaco mark.imbriaco@*****.com
Subject:	[semi-OT] programming languages' evolution
Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:51:05 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Ojaste,James [NCR] wrote:

> So, some of the languages I've used (I'll try to stick to the most
> common usage - most people don't use a C interpreter, for example,
> although at least one exists):
>
> ASM compiled, very low-level
> C compiled, libraries, shared, declared, low-level
> Java interpreted, compiled, libraries, mid-level, OO
> Modula-3 compiled, declared, mid-level, OO
> Pascal compiled, libraries, shared, low-level
> Scheme interpreted, libraries, mid-level
> SQL interpreted, declared, high-level
> VBasic interpreted, compiled, libraries, shared, mid-level

Perl compiled then interpreted, libraries, shared, high-level, pseudo-OO

Can't forget that one. :-)

-Mark