scripting languages vs statically compiled ones

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.5640.1099009520.5135.python-list at python.org>,
Richard Blackwood  <richardblackwood at cloudthunder.com> wrote:
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>Is Python not bytecode interpreted?  It has no JIT with the standard 
>distro but otherwise, it is no less byte-code than Java.  Misleading.
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Like many propositions in this thread, this one bears repetition
and examination.  Even people in authority reiterate that "Java
is compiled, while Python is interpreted."  Outsiders are going
to hear this said by people who appear to be speaking truthfully. 
It's at best misleading, of course, as Mr. Blackwood recognizes. 
There ought to be a way to armor the innocent against it ...