This is a pretty good blog post (based on a really good paper) that describes the fundamental differences between interpreters and compilers: http://blog.sigfpe

This is a pretty good blog post (based on a really good paper) that describes the fundamental differences between interpreters and compilers: http://blog.sigfpe.com/2009/05/three-projections-of-doctor-futamura.html http://blog.sigfpe.com/2009/05/three-projections-of-doctor-f...