Words mean what they mean. You could call any interpreter a compiler if you twisted it, and you'd sort of be right, but you'd be a lot more wrong. Same in this

Words mean what they mean. You could call any interpreter a compiler if you twisted it, and you'd sort of be right, but you'd be a lot more wrong. Same in this instance. Its an interpreter! And yes, it sort of does a job close enough to compilation that you wouldn't _really_ be incorrect calling it a compiler, but its not a compiler dammit!!