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In computer programming, an interpreted language is a programming language whose programs are not...

In computer programming, an interpreted language is a programming language whose programs are not directly executed by the host cpu but rather executed (or said to be interpreted) by a software program known as an interpreter. The source code of the program is often translated to a form that is more convenient to interpret, which may be some form of machine language for a virtual machine. Theoretically, any language may be compiled or interpreted, so this designation is applied purely because of common implementation practice and not some underlying property of a language. Some languages have characteristics which mean that there is little performance difference between an interpretive or compiled based approach to their implementation. Many languages have been implemented using both compilers and interpreters, including Lisp, Pascal, C, BASIC, and Python. While Java is translated to a form that is intended to be interpreted, just-in-time compilation is often used to generate machine code. The Microsoft .NET languages compile to CIL from which is often then compiled into native machine code; however there is a virtual machine capable of interpreting CIL. Many Lisp implementations