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		tsoukase 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux is an interpreter Yes, except compilers.

tnwhitwell 26 days ago [–]

Aren’t they the most interpretery of interpreters? Just the languages aren’t Spanish and English, but C and machine code

imtringued 26 days ago | [–]

They're ahead of time interpreters.

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