RH> Not exactly true, at least not of all Basics.  Many do 
 RH> compile to an intermediate code, which runs quite fast. 

 PERL compiles directly to an executable - it just doesn't write
 that executable to any file.  So, you get all the speed of C -
 actually faster than many C programs since its doing alot of
 optimizations that most C programmers are too lazy to code.
 
 RH>  But then most C compilers require compiling as a 
 RH> seperate operation.  I rather prefer the Basic 
 RH> approach, as it speeds program development.
 
 I prefer the PERL approach - its faster than BASIC, and I never
 have to run a compiler or interpretter.  It also has more features
 than any other language I know of (unless you count restrictions
 and strong typing a feature).



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