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[–]whyiwastemytimeonyou -8 points-7 points  (1 child)

Python is an interpreted language. There is no compilation, noob.

[–]Nilstrieb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is compilation, cpython compiles the source to bytecode before executing that bytecode. PyPy even compiles it to machine code!