[Tutor] Is python just a scripting language?

Deirdre Saoirse deirdre@deirdre.net
Sun, 31 Oct 1999 13:24:05 -0800 (PST)


On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Alexandre Passos wrote:

> I´m looking at sources of programs in python and I noticed that there
> are just scripts written in python. Can't I compile in an executable
> file?

Python is an interpreted language.

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