Java has a compilation stage, as does Python, but it requires an interpreter to use. The compilation target is a virtual machine. Python having a parsing and l

Java has a compilation stage, as does Python, but it requires an interpreter to use. The compilation target is a virtual machine. Python having a parsing and lexing stage does not make it a compiled language, not in the way that “compiled language” is commonly used. When people say “compiled languages”, it’s as a synonym for “the compilation target is not a virtual machine”.