Hi, I have a question about Python. I know that it is an interpreted language, meaning a python program is converted to binary on the fly each time it is run, or compiled. What would be the purpose of compiling? I guess the compiled python code (question, is compiled python code called byte code?..if not, what is it called?) is not readable since it is not plain text, which may be a reason for compiling...but why else??
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