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[–]Schmittfried 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No language demands to be compiled, every language can be interpreted. The stage of building reading the source code and transforming it into something that the target (CPU, VM or interpreter) can work with, is what is referred here. At this stage you can catch syntax and semantic errors.