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  1. The Python interpreter first reads the human code and optimizes it to some intermediate code before interpreting it into machine code. That's why you always need another program to run a Python script, unlike in C++ where you can run the compiled executable of your code directly. For example, c:\Python27\python.exe or /usr/bin/python.

  2. Feb 26, 2012 · Python does not need a compiler because it relies on an application (called an interpreter) that compiles and runs the code without storing the machine code being created in a form that you can easily access or distribute.

  3. Aug 2, 2019 · the extension .pyc is python compiler.. Thus, it is proven that python programs are both compiled as well as interpreted!! but the compilation part is hidden from the programmer. Article Tags : Python. Practice Tags : python. A Computer Science portal for geeks.

  4. Jul 11, 2015 · There is nothing in the Python Language Specification that says that Python needs to have a compiler. There is also nothing in the Python Language Specification that says that Python needs to haven an interpreter.

  5. Oct 10, 2022 · The short answer is: Python is interpreted. There is no separate compile step after writing Python code and before running the .py file. The Python interpreter software you download from python.org is called CPython because it's written in C.

  6. Java requires you to run a compiler before you can run your program, and does not have an interactive prompt. So Python is mis-labelled "interpreted" and Java is mis-labelled "compiled."

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  8. Dec 28, 2022 · The Python Interpreter itself consists of two parts: a compiler and the Python Virtual Machine (PVM). The compiler does what compilers do; it translates the source code in script.py into something. This something, however, is not machine code.

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