> That is definitely a compiler and anyone with a CS degree would call it that if they were discussing its functionality because that's technically what it is.
None of these assertions is correct.
> (Referring specifically to the part which compiles Python to bytecode)
So referring specifically to something different than what I explicitly specified, it's called something else.
By that reasoning, a cow is a muscle and you are an acid.
> Your SQL database also has a compiler.
"Has a" and "is a" are rather different relationships.
> Compile doesn't only mean "create a machine code executable file".
You're the only person who made that assertion.
Re:Tiny-C Compiler
by Mike_12345 on Monday March 13, 2023 @08:47PM
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> None of these assertions is correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPython
"CPython can be defined as both an interpreter and a compiler as it compiles Python code into bytecode before interpreting it."
Your SQL database also has a compiler. SQL is compiled to an execution plan. Compile doesn't only mean "create a machine code executable file".