authors:-["Raphael Diener","https://twitter.com/diener_raphael"]last-edit:2023-10-19tags:- programming
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Code Interpretation
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An Interpreter is a program that runs a specified instruction set. This enables the developer of such interpreters to allow programs for this interpreter, that rely on commands not found in the hardware the program is running on.
Advantages
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Porting of software to different platforms becomes as easy, as installing the interpreter on those platforms.
Disadvantages
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Since the code needs to be interpreted before it is executed, interpreters will always be slower than code compiled to machine instructions.
List of programming languages that have a interpreter