bytecodes and virtual machine?

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I thought I saw a reference somewhere that, like Java, Python (CPython?) "compiles" to bytecodes which are executed by a virtual machine.

Is that true? Is there a document that explains how Python actually works "under the hood"?

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It is true.
https://opensource.com/article/18/4/intr...n-bytecode

Just try it by yourself.

The difference is, that Java is static typed language and Python is dynamic typed.
Java has a JIT compiler. The standard implementation (CPython) has not a JIT compiler.
But there happens other optimization of bytecode.