Python vs. Lisp -- please explain

[Carl Friedrich Bolz]

Chris Mellon wrote:
[snip]
> I don't think it does, though. Firstly, as a definition it relies on
> the environment the application will be running under and therefore
> can't be considered to describe just a language. Secondly, by that
> definition Java is an interpreted language which is at odds with the
> common definition.
> 
> I've encountered a C scripting environment that works by using GCC to
> compile each line as it is encountered, doing some magic to keep a
> working compilation environment around.
> 
> Interpreted? Compiled?
>

There is also the wonderful C interpreter cint:

http://root.cern.ch/root/Cint.html

so obviously C must be an interpreted language :-)

Cheers,

Carl Friedrich Bolz