After googling for a while, I found this great answer on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3265357/compiled-vs-interpreted-languages/3265680#3265680 http:

After googling for a while, I found this great answer on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3265357/compiled-vs-interpreted-languages/3265680#3265680 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3265357/compiled-vs-inter... Lunaryom is correct. There are no 'interpreted' and 'compiled' languages, just different implementations. So, I was wrong in my original post. It would appear that you can just type and get instant feedback in Java (if you use Beanshell, for example).