Program, Application, and Software

[MRAB]

On 19/11/2010 00:07, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:21:47 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>
>> I use 'script' to refer to programs written in languages that don't have
>> a separate compile phase which must be run before the program can be
>> executed. IOW Python and Perl programs are scripts aloing with programs
>> written as awk, Javascript and bash scripts.
>
> You're mistaken then about Python, because it does have a separate
> compilation phase that runs before the program can be executed. Where do
> you think the .pyc files come from, and what did you think the compile()
> function did? It just happens automatically, rather than manually.
>
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I think what he means is that you don't need explicitly to compile and
then run.