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 Originally Posted by tj0827
I have no Idea, today at work I was telling him when the Pre3 comes out I was going back to WebOs, and he said no matter what WEbOS will always be slow an Buggy because is was a interpreted language and not an compiled language. That interpreted computer Language do not work will in an mobile inviroment and thus WebOs will always be flawed. Since I do not really know the difference I was coming here to try and find out. Is it really that flawed? If so why did palm go with an interpreted computer language?
Thanks for any help I do not really totally understand the difference. I do know my Pre- was really slow all the time.
Is Webos 1.4.5 changed?
This is an oversimplification, but it's an easy description. Think of listening to someone talk in a foreign language, and a third person interpreting for you. Now think of that first person learning to speak your language. That's something of a comparison.
That said, there's no reason for an interpreted program to be buggy, anymore than a compiled program. As for lagginess, there are some ways to overcome that, but bottom line is that "lag" is very much a relative term. Programs with the right interpreter can be snappy (everything you see through a browser is an interpreted language).
It's probably worth mentioning that I've been doing all of this long enough that I remember when assembly programmers were saying the same thing about compiled programs that your friend is saying about programs that go through an interpreter.
In short, your friend is mistaken in several ways.
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