What is an interpreter?
Correct answer: A. An interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run.
- A. An interpreter does the conversion line by line as the program is run.
- B. An interpreter is the representation of the system being designed.
- C. An interpreter is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution.
- D. None of these
Explanation
An interpreter translates and executes source code step by step while the program runs, rather than producing a complete machine-code program beforehand. This line-by-line execution commonly makes interpreted programs easier to test but slower than compiled ones.
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