Editing Programming language (section)

===Implementation===
{{Main|Programming language implementation}}

An implementation of a programming language is the conversion of a program into [[machine code]] that can be executed by the hardware. The machine code then can be executed with the help of the [[operating system]].{{sfn|Sebesta|2012|pp=23–24}} The most common form of interpretation in [[Software release life cycle|production code]] is by a [[compiler]], which translates the source code via an intermediate-level language into machine code, known as an [[executable]]. Once the program is compiled, it will run more quickly than with other implementation methods.{{sfn|Sebesta|2012|pp=25–27}} Some compilers are able to provide further [[optimization]] to reduce memory or computation usage when the executable runs, but increasing compilation time.{{sfn|Sebesta|2012|p=27}}

Another implementation method is to run the program with an [[interpreter (computing)|interpreter]], which translates each line of software into machine code just before it executes. Although it can make debugging easier, the downside of interpretation is that it runs 10 to 100 times slower than a compiled executable.{{sfn|Sebesta|2012|p=28}} Hybrid interpretation methods provide some of the benefits of compilation and some of the benefits of interpretation via partial compilation. One form this takes is [[just-in-time compilation]], in which the software is compiled ahead of time into an intermediate language, and then into machine code immediately before execution.{{sfn|Sebesta|2012|pp=29–30}}