没有解释性语言这种东西。使用解释器还是编译器纯粹是实现的特性，与语言完全无关。

每种语言都可以由解释器或编译器实现。绝大多数语言都至少有每种类型的一个实现。(例如，C和c++有解释器，JavaScript、PHP、Perl、Python和Ruby有编译器。)此外，大多数现代语言实现实际上结合了解释器和编译器(甚至多个编译器)。

A language is just a set of abstract mathematical rules. An interpreter is one of several concrete implementation strategies for a language. Those two live on completely different abstraction levels. If English were a typed language, the term "interpreted language" would be a type error. The statement "Python is an interpreted language" is not just false (because being false would imply that the statement even makes sense, even if it is wrong), it just plain doesn't make sense, because a language can never be defined as "interpreted."

特别是，如果你看一下当前现有的Python实现，这些是他们正在使用的实现策略:

IronPython: compiles to DLR trees which the DLR then compiles to CIL bytecode. What happens to the CIL bytecode depends upon which CLI VES you are running on, but Microsoft .NET, GNU Portable.NET and Novell Mono will eventually compile it to native machine code. Jython: interprets Python sourcecode until it identifies the hot code paths, which it then compiles to JVML bytecode. What happens to the JVML bytecode depends upon which JVM you are running on. Maxine will directly compile it to un-optimized native code until it identifies the hot code paths, which it then recompiles to optimized native code. HotSpot will first interpret the JVML bytecode and then eventually compile the hot code paths to optimized machine code. PyPy: compiles to PyPy bytecode, which then gets interpreted by the PyPy VM until it identifies the hot code paths which it then compiles into native code, JVML bytecode or CIL bytecode depending on which platform you are running on. CPython: compiles to CPython bytecode which it then interprets. Stackless Python: compiles to CPython bytecode which it then interprets. Unladen Swallow: compiles to CPython bytecode which it then interprets until it identifies the hot code paths which it then compiles to LLVM IR which the LLVM compiler then compiles to native machine code. Cython: compiles Python code to portable C code, which is then compiled with a standard C compiler Nuitka: compiles Python code to machine-dependent C++ code, which is then compiled with a standard C compiler

您可能会注意到，该列表中的每一个实现(加上我没有提到的其他一些实现，如tinypy、Shedskin或Psyco)都有一个编译器。事实上，据我所知，目前还没有纯解释的Python实现，没有这样的实现计划，也从来没有这样的实现。

不仅术语“解释语言”没有意义，即使你将其理解为“带有解释实现的语言”，这显然是不正确的。不管是谁告诉你的，显然他不知道自己在说什么。

特别是，您看到的.pyc文件是由CPython、Stackless Python或Unladen Swallow生成的缓存字节码文件。

这是为初学者准备的，

在运行脚本之前，Python会自动将脚本编译为已编译的代码，即所谓的字节代码。

运行脚本不被认为是导入，也不会创建.pyc。

例如，如果你有一个脚本文件abc.py，它导入了另一个模块xyz.py，当你运行abc.py时，xyz.py, xyz.py。Pyc将被创建，因为xyz被导入，但没有abc。Pyc文件将被创建，因为abc.py没有被导入。

如果你需要为一个未导入的模块创建一个.pyc文件，你可以使用py_compile和compileall模块。

py_compile模块可以手动编译任何模块。一种方法是交互式地使用该模块中的py_compile.compile函数:

>>> import py_compile
>>> py_compile.compile('abc.py')

这将把.pyc写到与abc.py相同的位置(你可以用可选参数cfile重写它)。

您还可以使用compileall模块自动编译一个或多个目录中的所有文件。

python -m compileall

如果省略目录名(本例中的当前目录)，模块将编译sys.path上的所有内容

Python的*.py文件只是一个文本文件，您可以在其中编写一些代码行。当你试图使用"python filename。py"来执行这个文件时

该命令调用Python虚拟机。Python虚拟机有两个组件:“编译器”和“解释器”。解释器不能直接读取*.py文件中的文本，因此该文本首先被转换为面向PVM(不是硬件，而是PVM)的字节码。PVM执行这个字节代码。*。Pyc文件也会生成，作为运行它的一部分，它会对shell或其他文件中的文件执行导入操作。

如果这个*。Pyc文件已经生成，那么每次你运行/执行你的*.py文件时，系统直接加载你的*.py文件。pyc文件，不需要任何编译(这将节省一些处理器的机器周期)。

一旦*。生成Pyc文件，不需要*.py文件，除非你编辑它。

没有解释性语言这种东西。使用解释器还是编译器纯粹是实现的特性，与语言完全无关。

每种语言都可以由解释器或编译器实现。绝大多数语言都至少有每种类型的一个实现。(例如，C和c++有解释器，JavaScript、PHP、Perl、Python和Ruby有编译器。)此外，大多数现代语言实现实际上结合了解释器和编译器(甚至多个编译器)。

A language is just a set of abstract mathematical rules. An interpreter is one of several concrete implementation strategies for a language. Those two live on completely different abstraction levels. If English were a typed language, the term "interpreted language" would be a type error. The statement "Python is an interpreted language" is not just false (because being false would imply that the statement even makes sense, even if it is wrong), it just plain doesn't make sense, because a language can never be defined as "interpreted."

特别是，如果你看一下当前现有的Python实现，这些是他们正在使用的实现策略:

IronPython: compiles to DLR trees which the DLR then compiles to CIL bytecode. What happens to the CIL bytecode depends upon which CLI VES you are running on, but Microsoft .NET, GNU Portable.NET and Novell Mono will eventually compile it to native machine code. Jython: interprets Python sourcecode until it identifies the hot code paths, which it then compiles to JVML bytecode. What happens to the JVML bytecode depends upon which JVM you are running on. Maxine will directly compile it to un-optimized native code until it identifies the hot code paths, which it then recompiles to optimized native code. HotSpot will first interpret the JVML bytecode and then eventually compile the hot code paths to optimized machine code. PyPy: compiles to PyPy bytecode, which then gets interpreted by the PyPy VM until it identifies the hot code paths which it then compiles into native code, JVML bytecode or CIL bytecode depending on which platform you are running on. CPython: compiles to CPython bytecode which it then interprets. Stackless Python: compiles to CPython bytecode which it then interprets. Unladen Swallow: compiles to CPython bytecode which it then interprets until it identifies the hot code paths which it then compiles to LLVM IR which the LLVM compiler then compiles to native machine code. Cython: compiles Python code to portable C code, which is then compiled with a standard C compiler Nuitka: compiles Python code to machine-dependent C++ code, which is then compiled with a standard C compiler

您可能会注意到，该列表中的每一个实现(加上我没有提到的其他一些实现，如tinypy、Shedskin或Psyco)都有一个编译器。事实上，据我所知，目前还没有纯解释的Python实现，没有这样的实现计划，也从来没有这样的实现。

不仅术语“解释语言”没有意义，即使你将其理解为“带有解释实现的语言”，这显然是不正确的。不管是谁告诉你的，显然他不知道自己在说什么。

特别是，您看到的.pyc文件是由CPython、Stackless Python或Unladen Swallow生成的缓存字节码文件。

Machines don't understand English or any other languages, they understand only byte code, which they have to be compiled (e.g., C/C++, Java) or interpreted (e.g., Ruby, Python), the .pyc is a cached version of the byte code. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-compiled-and-interpreted-language/ Here is a quick read on what is the difference between compiled language vs interpreted language, TLDR is interpreted language does not require you to compile all the code before run time and thus most of the time they are not strict on typing etc.

为了加速加载模块，Python将模块的编译内容缓存在.pyc中。

CPython将源代码编译为“字节码”，出于性能考虑，当源文件发生更改时，CPython会将此字节码缓存到文件系统中。这使得Python模块的加载速度更快，因为可以绕过编译阶段。当你的源文件是foo.py时，CPython将字节代码缓存在foo.py文件中。Pyc文件就在源代码旁边。

在python3中，Python的导入机制被扩展为在每个Python包目录中的单个目录中写入和搜索字节码缓存文件。这个目录将被称为__pycache__。

下面是一个描述如何加载模块的流程图:

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裁判:PEP3147 参考:“编译”的Python文件