language interpreters/ interpreted languages weaknesses?

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Wed, 01 Sep 1999 09:17:17 +0100, Ian Clarke <I.Clarke at strs.co.uk> wrote:
>> Are there any other major weaknesses of interpreted languages over
>> conventional languages such as C, C++, Ada etc.?

>Speed is the only one I can think of 

It is harder to do type-checking for the whole program, because most 
interpreted languages also have syntax allowing more dynamic constructs
and require less declaration.

>> What are the most popular interpreted languages around?

Beside from the other suggestions.

Basic, shell and lisp/scheme 
probably deserve mentioning.

	Bernhard
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