also I just realized that Brazil did NOT make a programming language entirely in Spanish and call it “Si” and that my professor was making a joke about C… god damn it

this post is probably too nieche but I feel like Lemmy is nerdy enough that enough people will get it lol

  • Jarix@lemmy.world
    2·
    15 hours ago

    For us ludite lurkers who couldn’t figure it out from context alone, which one is the interpreted language? I got lost on that detail lol

    • DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      9 hours ago

      Interpreted languages are languages that are compiled at run time. Compiled languages are compiled into binary by a compiler and then distributed as binaries.

      Basically with interpreted languages, there is huge overhead because the code has to be compiled (turned into machine code) as the program is running. This is why games and operating systems are written in C but people learn how to write Python and Java in their college classes. Interpreted languages are often much easier to learn then C and cross platform, but C is fast and powerful.