Compiler

Interpreter

• A compiler is a machine that takes the high-level language as the input and gives an assembly level language as the output.

• An interpreter is an application that converts the programming language into comprehensible language.

• The entire program is compiled at once.

• One statement is compiled at a time.

• It scans the entire code once and gives all the errors at once in the end.

• Since each line is compiled at once, it gives errors line by line.

• Execution time is less.

• Execution time is more.

• It converts source code into object code

• Does not convert source code into object code.

• Does not require source code for further execution

• Requires source code for further execution.

• It requires memory, since object code is generated which requires further linking.

• It is memory efficient, since no object code is generated

• Eg: C, C++, etc

• Python, Ruby, MATLAB, etc