Compilation vs Interpretation - advantages, & disadvantages

Introduction😊

These are the two ways that come into the picture when you have written your program and going to execute that one, there are two different ways of transforming a program from a high-level programming language into machine language.

Compilation: The source program is translated once (however, this act must be repeated each time you modify the source code) by getting a file (e.g a .exe file if the code is intended to be run under MS Windows) containing the machine code, now you can distribute the file worldwide, the program that performs this translation is called a compiler or translator.

Interpretation: You (or any user of the code) can translate the source program each time it has to be run. The program performing this kind of transformation is called an interpreter, as it interprets the code every time it is intended to be executed. It also means that you cannot just distribute the source code as-is, because the end-user also needs the interpreter to execute it.

Compilation😍

Advantages✨

• The execution of the translated code is usually faster.
• Only the user has to have the compiler - the end-user may use the code without it.
• The translated code is stored using machine language - as it is tough to understand, your inventions and programming tricks are likely to remain your secret.

Disadvantages😮

• The compilation itself may be a very time-consuming process - you may not be able to run your code immediately after any amendment.
• You have to have as many compilers as the hardware platforms you want your code to be run on.
• Debugging of compiled language takes considerably more time than Interpretated language.

Interpretation😍

Advantages💥

• You can run the code as soon as you complete it - there are no additional phases of translation.
• The code is stored using a programming language, not the machine one - this means that it can be run on computers using different machine languages; you don't compile your code separately for each different architecture.

Disadvantages😲

• Don't expect that interpretation will ramp your code to high speed - your code will share the computer's power with the interpreter, so it can't be really fast;
• Both you and the end user must have the interpreter run your code.

Process workflow⚙️

Compiled & Interpreted Languages🔥

• Examples of purely compiled languages are C, C++, Erlang, Haskell, Rust, and Go.
• Examples of common interpreted languages are PHP, Ruby, Python, and JavaScript.

Conclusion🤔

In my perspective, both are beneficial based on their fundamental differences. Although the compilation process of a compiler is nearly 5 to 25 times faster than an interpreter. Please write comments if you find anything incorrect or want to share more information about the topic discussed above. If you want to support me then you can buy me a Coffee I will be very grateful😊