the large file challenge

[John Vokey]

To be fair: most of metacard is coded in metatalk; it is a 
boot-strapped language, much like many of the TILs (threaded 
interpreted languages) of yesteryears (e.g., forth, apl).

On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 10:01  AM, 
metacard-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:

> | MC, as well, is also coded in C, so in many interpreted languages 
> (bash,
> | perl, MC) while the script itself is interpreted, much of the real 
> work is
> | done by compiled code.
>
-- 
John R. Vokey