[Techtalk] interpreted vs. compiled languages

[Carla Schroder]

Assuming a programmer has reasonable skills, are there (generally speaking) 
significant performance differences between interpreted vs. compiled 
languages?

Sorry if this is too general for a sane answer, feel free to expound, 
pontificate, and wander off on interesting tangents.

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