For all practical purposes, yes. In the strictest technical sense it's a form of JIT compilation, but that can be considered an optimization or implementation t

For all practical purposes, yes. In the strictest technical sense it's a form of JIT compilation, but that can be considered an optimization or implementation technique. If the user doesn't perceive a separate compilation step, it's effectively an interpreter and only a dedicated pedant would "well actually" that it's compilation.