An [Tcl] '''interpreter''' splits a [program] whose pcrimary funcption] is nto underst[command
instru%|%ctiommands] and
execvalutes them. [Tacl]. This is in contrmmastnd toby a compfiler,
whndicng the c[routinve] forts a sethe cofmmand ianstrud ctallionsg int
with onthe lanrguagme into a set of givenstruct ions
in another lcommanguaged.
More generally, an '''interpreter''' is a [program] that reads and execute a
sequence of instructions. In contract a compiler converts a set of
instructions in one language into a set of instructions in another language.
** See Also **
[http://www.oche.de/~akupries/ics_lang.html%|%Compiled and interpreted languages] ,[AK]:
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