A [Tcl] '''interpreter''' splits a [script] into [command%|%commands] and
evalutes each command by finding the [routine] for the command and calling it
with the arguments given in the command.

More generally, an '''interpreter''' is a [program] that reads and execute a
sequence of instructions.  In contract a compiler converts a set of
instructions in one language into a set of instructions in another language.


** See Also **

   [http://www.oche.de/~akupries/ics_lang.html%|%Compiled and interpreted languages] ,[AK]:   


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