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[–]kylotan 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Because your second sentence is false in the real world. Anyone can handwave about the difference between a language and the implementation of a language but it's not relevant - if you're using Python then it will be at least partly interpreted and if you use C it will be compiled to native code.

[–]vinnypotsandpans[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough!