Feb-07-2025, 05:19 PM
Hello, first post. I'm a CS instructor and prepping a lecture on compiling v interpreting.
My question is about the use of the term "bytecode compiler". In https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html the docs say this about interpreted.
Python is an interpreted language, as opposed to a compiled one, though the distinction can be blurry because of the presence of the bytecode compiler. This means that source files can be run directly without explicitly creating an executable which is then run.
I think"bytecode compiler" means bytecode-to-machine-code because of the context, and because the word before "compiler" is usually the thing being compiled. But every way I have asked Google AI for clarification, it has come back saying that "bytecode compiler" refers to source-code-to-bytecode compilation.
Can someone provide a definitive answer? Thank you in advance.
My question is about the use of the term "bytecode compiler". In https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html the docs say this about interpreted.
Python is an interpreted language, as opposed to a compiled one, though the distinction can be blurry because of the presence of the bytecode compiler. This means that source files can be run directly without explicitly creating an executable which is then run.
I think"bytecode compiler" means bytecode-to-machine-code because of the context, and because the word before "compiler" is usually the thing being compiled. But every way I have asked Google AI for clarification, it has come back saying that "bytecode compiler" refers to source-code-to-bytecode compilation.
Can someone provide a definitive answer? Thank you in advance.
