Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/06/01/06:38:40
A. Sinan Unur wrote:
> how about converting the lines you enter into strings of tokens (i think
> most basics do this ... they do not read 'p','r','i','n','t' everytime
> you run a program. so, in essence, basic programs also get converted to
> byte-code (to use the currently fashionable phrase.)
The tokens (or bytecode) is still interpreted by some other program which
converts them into instructions sent to the processor. Compilation means
turning into machine language which can then be executed directly by the
processor with no intervening third party. If it's not that, then it's
interpreted.
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