Python/Parrot still alive?

[Lothar Scholz]

Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message news:<4027ECDE.AB5BE4B6 at engcorp.com>...
> Lothar Scholz wrote:
> > 
> > "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote in message news:<c068ah$o0p$00$1 at news.t-online.com>...
> > 
> > > Some interpreters don't have virtual machines, e.g. Tcl did not
> > > have one until Tcl 8 or so. OTOH, not all virtual machines are
> > 
> > So Ruby is an interpreter and not a virutal machine ?
> 
> Does Ruby have a "byte code" such as Python and Java have?

No. It keeps the parse tree in memory and traverse it during
evaluation. Same as all lisp interpreters(?!?!).