Interpreter
An Interpreter is a program that translates a programming language into a comprehensible language. The interpreter converts high-level language to an intermediate language. It contains pre-compiled code, source code, etc.
- It translates only one statement of the program at a time.
- Interpreters, more often than not are smaller than compilers.
Role of an Interpreter
The simple role of an interpreter is to translate the material into a target language. An Interpreter works line by line on a code. It also converts high-level language to machine language.
Interpreter
Advantages of Interpreter
- Programs written in an Interpreted language are easier to debug.
- Interpreters allow the management of memory automatically, which reduces memory error risks.
- Interpreted Language is more flexible than a Compiled language.
Disadvantages of Interpreter
- The interpreter can run only the corresponding Interpreted program.
- Interpreted code runs slower in comparison to Compiled code.
Difference between Compiler and Interpreter
The Compiler and Interpreter, both have similar works to perform. Interpreters and Compilers convert the Source Code (HLL) to Machine Code (understandable by Computer). In general, computer programs exist in High-Level Language that a human being can easily understand. But computers cannot understand the same high-level language, so for computers, we have to convert them into machine language and make them readable for computers. In this article, we are going to see the differences between them.