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If you're not comfortable with interpreted languages, substitute for Java, C++ or other compiled languages. My question still stands for itself.

• jacquesm 16y ago
  No it doesn't. In java any kind of minimal assignment can explode behind the scenes into a a whole pile of function calls, that would never happen in C, what you see is what you get.
  • logicalmind 16y ago
    It's interesting to compare the real difference here. In C, what you see at compile-time is what you get. As compared to an interpreted language where what you see at compile-time is probably going to be completely different from what happens at runtime. The difference is really where the optimizations occur. Runtime optimizations have certainly come a long way.
  • mfukar 16y ago
    jasonwatkinspdx and hackermom have explained why your statement is highly inaccurate.