Compiler Design Question
Difference between Compiled and Interpreted Language?

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Compiler Design Question

Difference between Compiled and Interpreted Language?

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1. A compiled language is a programming language whose implementations are typically compilers and not interpreters. An interpreted language is a programming language whose implementations execute instructions directly and freely, without previously compiling a program into machine-language instructions.

2. In compiled language, once the program is compiled it is expressed in the instructions of the target machine. While in interpreted language, the instructions are not directly executed by the target machine.

3. In compiled language, there are at least two steps to get from source code to execution. In interpreted language, there is only one step to get from source code to execution.

4. In compiled language, compiled programs run faster than interpreted programs. While in interpreted language, interpreted programs can be modified while the program is running.

5. In compiled language, compilation errors prevent the code from compiling. In interpreted language, all the debugging occurs at run-time.

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