> Humans produce sounds, lions produce sounds. Humans have mouths, lions have mouths. Where is the substantial difference between the two? I asked you a questi

> Humans produce sounds, lions produce sounds. Humans have mouths, lions have mouths. Where is the substantial difference between the two? I asked you a question regarding your previous claim. You responded with a downvote and a rhetorical counter but, again, no answer. I'm mildly familiar with the JVM. I'm very familiar with Python's virtual machine implementation. I ask again: what is the substantial difference between the two? Rhetorical wizardry does not impress me: I actually want to know what your answer is. You said that there is a "qualitative difference" between the two and now have replied implying that it's a substantial difference. I don't understand your reticence to give a real answer here. > Even conceptually, interpreters and compilers differ in certain aspects. That has absolutely nothing to do with my question, and I don't see how it would substantially differentiate between the two implementations we're discussing.