Python and Algorithmic Thinking for the Complete Beginner Quotes

“On the other hand, a program written in a programming language such as C++, or C# executes independently of any other application. A program is compiled into a separate set of machine language instructions that can then be executed as stand-alone any time the user wishes.”
― Aristides Bouras, Python and Algorithmic Thinking for the Complete Beginner: Learn to Think Like a Programmer

“The main purpose of a script written in a scripting language such as JavaScript, or VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) is to control another application. So you can say that, in some ways JavaScript controls the web browser, and VBA controls a Microsoft® Office application such as MS Word or MS Excel.”
― Aristides Bouras, Python and Algorithmic Thinking for the Complete Beginner: Learn to Think Like a Programmer

“An interpreter is a program that simultaneously translates and executes the statements written in a high-level language.”
― Aristides Bouras, Python and Algorithmic Thinking for the Complete Beginner: Learn to Think Like a Programmer

“A compiler is a program that translates statements written in a high-level language into a separate machine language program.”
― Aristides Bouras, Python and Algorithmic Thinking for the Complete Beginner: Learn to Think Like a Programmer