Wikipedia has a page on the advantages and disadvantages. Any significantly advanced interpreted language can be actual compiled into a native binary thus blurring the lines between the pro's and cons of an interpreted language.
PERL is one of those languages which blurs the lines. Whilst its famous for being a powerful scripting language, you could compile it to be native.
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