Neil Cerutti a écrit : > On 2007-12-13, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have repeatedly argued in the past that we do ourselves a >> disservice by describing Python as an interpreted language. >> >> Python is compiled. It has a compiler. It even has a built-in >> function "compile". It's just not compiled to *machine code* -- >> but with even machine code often running on a virtual machine >> in the CPU(s), the distinction is far less important now than >> it was when Sun described Java as a compiled language despite >> the lack of JIT compilers. > > When folks say Python is an interpreted language I think they > mean it informally--they just mean you have to run an interpreter > to execute it.
How often do you hear that Java is "an interpreted language" ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
