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CPython is bytecode interpreter?
My question is:
Does Python use a compiler, an interpreter or a combination of them?
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Python uses a virtual machine aproach (as PHP, Ruby, .NET languages etc), python implementation uses a compiler to create intermediate language that is executed on a virtual machine.
Horacio Nuñez
2010-09-25 23:07:11
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yes it use an interpreter, just run the .py and then it will be ecxecuted! if you want to compile your script to run on another machine as a .exe program you can compile it with th py2exe library
cherif
2010-09-25 23:08:38
-1 it uses a compiler and then executes the bytecode on a virtual machine. look at the `dis` module from the standard library
aaronasterling
2010-09-26 00:26:21