Re: A Few Noob Questions [message #175129 is a reply to message #175128] |
Tue, 16 August 2011 15:35 |
The Natural Philosoph
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A.Reader wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:02:40 -0400,
> "eBob.com" <eBob(dot)com(at)totallybogus(dot)com> wrote:
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>> Is "script" official terminology in PHP? The book I am reading says
>> "Built-in superglobal variables are visible everywhere within a script." but
>> has never explicitly defined "script". (Although there is a hint that maybe
>> everything between tags is a script.)
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> "Script" in this context is a synonym for "program". Some people
> seem to need to make things confusing by giving new names to old
> concepts.
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Script tends to be or interpreted code, rather than compiled.
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