Tim Roberts wrote:
> Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> So, how do processors execute Python scripts? :)
>
> Is that a rhetorical question?
A little bit.
> Grant is quite correct; Python scripts (in the canonical CPython)
> are NOT compiled into assembly language. Scripts are compiled to
> an intermediate language. Processors execute Python scripts when
> the interpreter, written in a high-level language and compiled to
> assembly, interprets the intermediate language created by the
> Python "compiler".
So in the end, the program defined in the Python script _is_
compiled to the CPU's language. But never mind, it depends on how
you define "compile" in the end.
Regards,
Björn
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