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Meanwhile, in reality, C is a compiled language.

• lsiebert 12y ago
  People tend to compile their C code. It's probably more accurate to speak of tendencies in how it's implemented and used then to assign attributes to the language.
  • WallWextra 12y ago
    No, it's accurate to describe reality rather than hypotheticals.
    • ghshephard 12y ago
      And the reality is that languages are not compiled or interpreted, but there are implementation of language compilers or interpreters. The C language isn't "compiled", but there are some implementations of C compilers, and some implementations of C interpreters. Another good example, is an old language, "BASIC", which a lot of people used the interpreted version, but, as early as 1987, I used a BASIC compiler which provided as much as a 100x increase in performance over the common interpreter that came with my system. Python is another great example - lots of Python interpreters out there, but Cython lets you compile your python code to machine code.
  • vinceguidry 12y ago
    So, what you're saying is that C is (usually) compiled?