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Interpreter

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An interpreter reads either source code or bytecode for a program, and performs the instructions specified by that program.

An interpreter is distinguished from a compiler by the fact that it doesn't need to compile the source format to a machine-readable format first; instead, it directly executes the instructions from the source.

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