On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 14:32 -0500, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 00:02 +0600, 9el wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Use FreeOpenSourceSoftwares, Stop piracy, Let the developers live. Get > > a Free CD of Ubuntu mailed to your door without any cost. Visit : > > www.ubuntu.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 09:28 -0700, LuKreme wrote: > > > > On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:12, Hans Schultz <h.schultz78@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hahahah,I was thinking the same thing > > > > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > The trouble is most people mean "compile a source file to an > > > > executable binary" when they sat compile. By this measure, PHP does > > > > not compile. > > > > > > I add the following to the top of my PHP shell scripts: > > > > > > #!/usr/bin/php -qC > > > > > > Then I do the following: > > > > > > chmod 775 script.php > > > > > > Then I run it as follows: > > > > > > ./script.php > > > > > > Look... and executable binary :) Don't say it's not binary. All data on > > > a hard disk is binary (although I do know what you mean ;) > > > > > > Well you are running shell script style execution its not example of > > Compiled code or Binary > > > > The data in the file is ASCII or UTF text :) > > Which are subsets of binary representation ;) > > > Compilation happens when its zendOptimized or OpCoded. Its then is converted > > into binary content file. > > But one could probably quite easily set up a system whereby eAccelerator > or APC or Zend Optimizer cache bytecodes are torn from a file run > similarly. As I said in an earlier post... the line between the > definition of interpreted language and compiled language is quite blurry > these days. > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > http://www.interjinn.com > Application and Templating Framework for PHP > > ASCII is only a subset of binary in a pedantic, literal sense. When people say binary file, they mean one that contains characters which are outside the normal display spectrum, such as chr(0), etc. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php