I probably would have entertained one of the two stances "X is compiled" or "X is interpreted", not questioning the implied "de factor implementation of X..." a

I probably would have entertained one of the two stances "X is compiled" or "X is interpreted", not questioning the implied "de factor implementation of X..." and engaged in a pedantic back and forth. Now I'd probably link this article and argue "it depends on the implementation" and ask "what is a compiler anyway".