how python works

[Stephen Hansen]

On 7/30/10 11:16 AM, Mahmood Naderan wrote:
> So is it a compiler or interpreter?

Neither/both, depending on your definition of either word. It does not
compile to machine code: it compiles to byte code (which it then
usually, but not always, stores in a pyc file alongside the py file). It
does not interpret the Python code on the fly, it is a VM which
"interprets" the byte code.

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