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There are three types of program for dealing with high-level programming languages:

There are three types of program for dealing with high-level programming languages:

* '''compiler''', which converts the entire program to machine code prior to use.

* '''[[compiler]]''', which converts the entire program to machine code prior to use.

* '''interpreter''', which examines the source program line by line, works out what has to be done and does it.

* '''[[Interpreter (computer science)|interpreter]]''', which examines the source program line by line, works out what has to be done and does it.

* translation to some '''intermediate code''', which can then either be interpreted or converted to machine code on the fly.

* translation to some '''intermediate code''', which can then either be interpreted or converted to machine code on the fly.