May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
380 pages
9h 37m
English
Interpreted languages, such as Python, typically take raw source code and generate bytecode. Bytecode is encoded instructions that are on a lower level than source code but not quite as optimized as machine code, that is, assembly language.
Bytecode is often executed within the interpreter (which is a type of virtual machine), though it can also be compiled further into assembly language. Bytecode is used primarily to allow easy, cross-platform compatibility. Python, Java, Ruby, Perl, and similar languages, are examples of languages that use bytecode interpreters for different architectures while the source code stays the same.
While Python automatically compiles source code into bytecode, there are some ...