On 11/10/2016 13:35, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote:
Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
The "small translation into byte-code" *is* compilation.
Don't make the mistake that the only product of "compile" is some CPU
code; that is a foolishly narrow definition.
OK right.
For my part, i differenciate a strict compilation (ie. C) from a
translation into byte-code (ie. Python). From design there was
differences as Python was an interpreted language, not a compiled (AOT).
But as there was only one word, let do with it ;-)
Of course in real language world there was many situation and all kind
of combinaison : strict interpretation, byte-code compilation, JIT
compilation, AOT compilation...
So yes Python compile (bytecode).
I use 'byte-code compiler' and 'native-code compiler' when the
distinction is important.
Python is not really suited for AOT native-code compilation. Here I
might just say CPython if I'm assuming a normal byte-code compiler and
byte-code interpreter model.
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