> If the code is ever going to be executed, it needs to be converted to machine instructions at some point. That’s not really true — take Python. The CPython i

> If the code is ever going to be executed, it needs to be converted to machine instructions at some point. That’s not really true — take Python. The CPython interpreter has been compiled as native machine instructions. But the user’s Python code is turned into byte code and executed by the CPython interpreter; the user’s Python code is never converted to machine instructions. > Languages are not compiled or interpreted, rather they may have compiler implementations, interpreter implementations, or both! That’s true, thanks.