Dummie question: compiled language or not?

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Sorry for bothering you with stupid sounding stuff from me newbie...

During my first tries with VB 2008 Express I'm creating an application which calls a command line tool for image processing (in loops). From their support I received the hint "With so many images to process, performance will be dramatically improved if you can use a scripting language like PerlMagick, RMagick, TclMagick, or a compiled language like C/C++."

I had thought that VB 2008 Express IS a compiled language. Is that wrong? Coming from VBA and VB Script I have some background with the VB syntax etc, that's why I chose to enhance that to VB 2008 rather than beginning with C for my simple (private) purposes.

Thanks for bringing some light to my darkness [suss]

Posted 3-Feb-09 9:32am

Sonhospa

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Wendelius · Accepted Answer · 2009-02-03T09:40:00

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Here's one quite good link. Hopefully it explain what the compiler actually does.

http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/MSIL-the-language-of-the-CLR-Part-1/[^]

Posted 3-Feb-09 9:40am

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EliottA · Accepted Answer · 2009-02-03T09:39:00

VB.Net compiles to MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language), and then you deploy that file (.exe) to your clients. Your clients must have the .NET Framework which includes the JIT (Just In Time) Compiler. The JIT then interprets your MSIL and executes the commands.

In short, it compiles, but not to native code such as C++/C. It compiles to MSIL. There are downsides to this, and upsides to this. Obviously, one of the bigger advantages is the fear of garbage collecting is gone when using a managed language, also the gigantic framework at your fingertips allowing you to develop applications at a great speed with (hopefully) little ~~ease~~ difficulty lol.

Hope that helps.