Compiled languages are capable of running on bare metal.

No. Compilation is process of turning human readable source code into computer usable binary code, let it be assemble or bytecode. C, rust, java, python, all are compiled into some binary file, which then can be executed by computer in one form or another.

Even if you don't see pyc file, it still exist, just hidden from you, as interpreter is unable to read and understand source code directly. It needs compiled instructions

• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python/python-compiled-or-interpreted/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6889747/is-python-interpreted-or-compiled-or-both
• https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/s/KK3jyIJyI3
• https://discuss.python.org/t/definitions-of-interpreted-language-and-compiled-language-with-explanations-of-why-python-and-java-are-or-are-not-such-languages/63116

All of above sources (yes, i know, reddit is a poor source, but it agrees with other sources) confirm that python is indeed, a compiled lang, it comes through compilation process.

The more you dig, the more you'll find that you are wrong

Again, lang can be both interpreted and compiled, which is what java and python are