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To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft has a patent on [] (fwd) 
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At 01:42 PM 10/7/98 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:

>Interpreters are specifically excluded (they don't produce object 
>code).

Many interpreted languages compile to object code for a virtual
machine and then interpret from there. Perl is the most popular
example.

--Brett


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