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Brett Langdon 10 years ago
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### Compiler
The compiler will be up after the parser. The compiler will be responsible for converting the parsed AST into Python bytecode.
The purpose of the compiler is to convert an AST into the appropriate Python bytecode.
The goal is to be able to produce a similar output as running:
```bash
$ echo "print('hello world')" > test.py
$ python3 -m dis test.py
1 0 LOAD_CONST 0 (5)
3 STORE_NAME 0 (num)
6 LOAD_CONST 1 (None)
9 RETURN_VALUE
```
### Interpreter
The interpreter will be up after the compiler and will be able to execute on Python bytecode.

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