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Re: c++
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Posted: Feb 5, 2003 6:29 AM
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From http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/c1/quiz-answers.html:
"Question 3: What is the difference between a "compiler" and an "interpreter"?
Answer: Compilers and interpreters have similar functions: They take a program written in some programming language and translate it into machine language. A compiler does the translation all at once. It produces a complete machine language program that can then be executed. An interpreter, on the other hand, just translates one instruction at a time, and then executes that instruction immediately. (Java uses a compiler to translate java programs into Java Bytecode, which is a machine language for the imaginary Java Virtual Machine. Java Bytecode programs are then executed by an interpreter.)"
See also: http://www.8052.com/faq.phtml?CATEGORY=2#10
Jesper
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