A 1.4.1 Interpreters and Compilers (HL Only)
A computer cannot run Python or Java source code directly. The processor understands only machine code, so every program written in a high-level language has to be translated first, and there is more than one way to carry out that translation. The approach chosen decides how fast the program runs, how long you wait before you can test a change, whether the same program will run on a different machine, and when you...