Posted by Sia on Friday, September 16, 2011 at 8:36am.
A compiler translates code from a source language (e.g. C, C++, Java) to a target language, which can then be executed by a (virtual or physical) machine.
An interpreter reads code in an interpreted language (e.g. PHP, Perl, JavaScript) and directly executes the contained instructions.
Is the interpreter used for C ?
Not really. Well, for example the format string of printf is interpreted in run-time.
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