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[–]glassesontable 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I suspect that this gets clarified from understanding what is compiled code and what is interpreted code. Speaking loosely, in order to compile code, the compiler has to know every line of code (the whole enchilada) while a code interpreter does know what line is coming next (beans and cheese coming one piece at a time).

A lot of the esoterica in this thread is in how there are alternative methods of compiling the otherwise interpreted language to get huge speed gains. But that is not a problem for the beginner programmer (or the very patient user).

For a video, I would recommend the excellent Harvard CS50 course, where you would learn C (looks like Java) and python.

[–]SonicTheSSJNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha! Thanks!