<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged into Scripting language . (Discuss) Proposed since July 2017 . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged into Scripting language . (Discuss) Proposed since July 2017 . </Td> </Tr> <P> An interpreted language is a type of programming language for which most of its implementations execute instructions directly and freely, without previously compiling a program into machine - language instructions . The interpreter executes the program directly, translating each statement into a sequence of one or more subroutines, and then into another language (often machine code). </P> <P> The terms interpreted language and compiled language are not well defined because, in theory, any programming language can be either interpreted or compiled . In modern programming language implementation, it is increasingly popular for a platform to provide both options . </P>

Compiled computer language and an interpreted computer language