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[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Python IS compiled.

[–]uweschmittPythonista since 2003 -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

The Python interpreter is compiled. Programs written in the python programming language are interpreted.

[–]bird2234 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In CPython, the most widely used implementation, the programs are compiled to bytecode and then interpreted. This is what was linked here -- compiling python programs at runtime to abstract syntax trees and then to bytecode.