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Code Craft
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Code Craft

by Pete Goodliffe
December 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
610 pages
22h 58m
English
No Starch Press
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Language Barriers

There are several varieties of programming languages, each with its own mechanical process of constructing an executable program from source code. Some construction models are more complex than others, and each has its strong and weak points.

There are three main mechanisms: interpreted languages, compiled languages, and byte-compiled languages. These are shown in Figure 10-1.

Programing language build and execution methods

Figure 10-1. Programing language build and execution methods

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