Python/Parrot still alive?

[Peter Hansen]

Lothar Scholz wrote:
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> "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote in message news:<c068ah$o0p$00$1 at news.t-online.com>...
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> > Some interpreters don't have virtual machines, e.g. Tcl did not
> > have one until Tcl 8 or so. OTOH, not all virtual machines are
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> So Ruby is an interpreter and not a virutal machine ?

Does Ruby have a "byte code" such as Python and Java have?