> Maybe, but I really don't like this. I think it's a useful simplification to say something like "C can be interpreted, but it's almost always compiled in pra

> Maybe, but I really don't like this. I think it's a useful simplification to say something like "C can be interpreted, but it's almost always compiled in practice, so we usually say that it's a compiled language". Even with that, you've got to have an explanation of "compilers" vs "interpreters", with the attendant decisions involving the balance of simplification vs pedantry that it's so easy to get mired in (this thread being an example). A document claiming "Learn [topic] in [short amount of time]" seems likely to err on the side of simplification (the alternative being perceived by the author as over-explanation). In that position, my solution might've been to avoid the compilation vs interpretation discussion, describe a compiler as a program for converting source code into a computer-friendly format, add a footnote to something in the appendix with a deeper explanation of other methods of preparing source code to run as a program, and move on.