GP's point is about languages through history. Compiled-to-machine-code V8 JS came out in 2008. It's not just about compile-to-byte-code. It's about the "scrip

GP's point is about languages through history. Compiled-to-machine-code V8 JS came out in 2008. It's not just about compile-to-byte-code. It's about the "scriptyness" of that bytecode as well. Python bytecode operates at a much higher level of abstraction than machine code or even JVM. Also we tend to classify languages with more dynamic type systems as "interpreted". It's a nebulous boundary. Not black-and-white whatsoever.