The process of language translation

All computer languages are translated from something that tends to be easy for a human to understand (source code) into something that is executed on a computer (machine instructions). Traditionally, translators fall into two classes: interpreters and compilers.

Source: Bruce Eckel | Thinking in C++, https://archive.org/details/TICPP2ndEdVolOne
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