In actual practice, what does it mean to say that a language is "interpreted" vs. "compiled", and how does Java relate to both?

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  • Nuitka

    Nuitka is a Python compiler written in Python. It's fully compatible with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11. You feed it your Python app, it does a lot of clever things, and spits out an executable or extension module.

    You can also do this with other programming languages which traditionally aren't compiled. For example, we could use Nuitka to convert Python into machine code.

  • emsdk

    Emscripten SDK

    For example, it's common to convert languages like C++ into machine code, then ask the user to provide a CPU (basically, an interpreter implemented using pure silicon) to run the machine code. Alternatively, we might do something like convert C++ into WebAssembly or JavaScript using Emscriptem, which can be interpreted by a web browser (which is just an extremely complicated interpreter).

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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