perl interpretive or compiled ???
 

$pkg_name = "Account"; # executes at run-time
use $pkg_name; # executes at compile-time


they say perl is interpretive so where does compiling come into the picture now??

thanks

there is a perl compiler: http://www.perl-compiler.org/
also see this page: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5...mming-language

See this http://www.perl.com/doc/FMTEYEWTK/comp-vs-interp.html

Loosely speaking, the real perl executable eg /usr/bin/perl reads your Perl code and sort-of-compiles it into an 'executable environment' in RAM, which it then runs.
Hence its much faster than a true interpreted lang eg bash, but not quite as fast as say 'C'.
My rule of thumb is Perl is ~85% as as fast as C, all other things being equal.
If you really want to get into the details, ask over at www.perlmonks.org; where the Perl gurus hang out. :)