"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 ?