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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#002060" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002060">I don't think they are "truly" compiled as executables but yes they are likely to run faster.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#002060" face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002060">And they only take @IF statements as they happened when compiled. So if you have any varying @IF
logic at run time it won't work. (Or more properly, you only get the @IF's that qualified as they were.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> powerh-l-bounces+tracy.johnson=meas-spec.com@lists.sowder.com
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</span></b>Philbin, Stephen<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 07, 2015 10:57 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Is Powerhouse Compiled Code Interpreted<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I have a question on Powerhouse Complied code.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">When powerhouse programs (e.g. QTP) are compiled with a build statement and are then executed is the code ‘truly compiled’ or is
it interpreted at run time?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I believe 3GL languages such as Cobol are compiled but I am unsure regarding powerhouse programs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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