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:: I was asking specifically so that the language could be categorized. It's ''primarily'' bytecoded, and it doesn't have the poor performance of a purely interpreted language. (FWIW, I believe Tcl's the same in this regard; mainly bytecoded with the potential to go interpreted in some awkward highly dynamic cases.) And mammals are defined by having mammary glands. —[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 07:49, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
:::Hi Donal, Python is ''both'' interpreted ''and'' byte coded.It doesn't have to be either-or. Whilst the internal byte code is normally stored as a file for any modules used, this is an optimisation. Python will work if they are not present. If, (but only if), your categorization of Python as being byte-coded precludes it from also being interpreted then the categorization scheme is faulty.
::: P.S. The classifiers had to drop the rule that mammals gave birth to live young when made aware of animals like the Duck-Billed Platypus --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 09:19, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
:::P.P.S: See [[wp:Interpreter (computing)|this]] description of an interpreter. Especially points two and three which state (an interpreter) "translates source code into some efficient intermediate representation (code) and immediately executes this" (or) "explicitly executes stored precompiled code[1] made by a compiler which is part of the interpreter system". --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 09:49, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
:::: I told you, Tcl's in exactly the same boat except that it is less common to save the bytecodes from one execution to another (our compiler's fast enough that we don't bother normally). The interpreter is mainly used for cases where it is known that the code cannot be executed again (i.e., certain kinds of callbacks) and for handling legacy code. The primary point of mine is that the main way that people experience both languages is as bytecoded systems. —[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 10:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
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