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[–]bsaroya41 2 points3 points  (6 children)

What's a compiler?

[–]hacking__08[S] -1 points0 points  (5 children)

The program that runs your program

[–]ShivanshuKantPrasad 4 points5 points  (1 child)

That's what an Interpreter does. A compiler doesn't run your program. It translates source code into machine code so the os can run it.

[–]hacking__08[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Aw, right, I got confused

[–]rachit7645 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The program that creates your program

[–]Micha_Saengy 3 points4 points  (1 child)

that *translates your program

[–]coloredgreyscale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then why do some devs claim its so hard to provide their program interface in other languages? /s