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browser a compiler or interpreter? - Pankaj - 04-28-2014 05:43 PM
- Robert - 04-28-2014 05:53 PM
A Web browser uses interpreter to execute programs
A compiler transforms source code into another computer's language
i.e. from source language to destination language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler
A interpreter also converts high level language to low level but it executes the programming language without in steps. i.e. even if error occurs in a single line of program the process stops.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreter_(computing)
the major difference between them is that, a interpreter translated line-by-line while a compiler translates on the whole.
is error occurs in any part, the report is generated in a interpreter
http://www.engineersgarage.com/contribution/difference-between-compiler-and-interpreter