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sterlingphoenix t1_j27dozs wrote

A compiled language gets converted to machine language (that's what compiling means). This makes it more efficient in many ways, but TL;DR: it'll run faster. Also nobody can look at your code.

Interpreted language is never compiled, as such. You run the interpreter, which reads the file, and translates it to machine language on the fly. This is a lot slower, but means development can be a lot faster and simpler.

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