On Jan 24, 10:14 am, Bjoern Schliessmann <usenet- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Roberts wrote: > > Grant is quite correct; Python scripts (in the canonical CPython) > > are NOT compiled into assembly language. Scripts are compiled to > > an intermediate language. Processors execute Python scripts when > > the interpreter, written in a high-level language and compiled to > > assembly, interprets the intermediate language created by the > > Python "compiler". > > So in the end, the program defined in the Python script _is_ > compiled to the CPU's language.
I would say it's compiled to an intermediate language ("bytecode"), and then that intermediate language is interpreted. > But never mind, it depends on how > you define "compile" in the end. If you define "compile" as "interpret", yeah. Calr Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list