On 2007-12-13, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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" ?
The difference is the p-code factor. Python's p-code is (generally) internal only. We could fool more people if we forced them to create .pyc files before executing the code. ;-) -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
