<s>
A	O
compiled	B-Language
language	I-Language
is	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
whose	O
implementations	O
are	O
typically	O
compilers	B-Language
(	O
translators	O
that	O
generate	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
from	O
source	O
code	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
interpreters	B-Application
(	O
step-by-step	O
executors	O
of	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
where	O
no	O
pre-runtime	O
translation	O
takes	O
place	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
principle	O
,	O
any	O
language	O
can	O
be	O
implemented	O
with	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
or	O
with	O
an	O
interpreter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
combination	O
of	O
both	O
solutions	O
is	O
also	O
common	O
:	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
can	O
translate	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
into	O
some	O
intermediate	O
form	O
(	O
often	O
called	O
p-code	O
or	O
bytecode	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
then	O
passed	O
to	O
an	O
interpreter	B-Application
which	O
executes	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
compiled	B-Language
into	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
at	O
compile	B-Language
time	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
faster	O
than	O
those	O
translated	O
at	O
runtime	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
translation	O
process	O
's	O
overhead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
just-in-time	O
compilation	B-Language
,	O
and	O
general	O
improvements	O
in	O
the	O
translation	O
process	O
are	O
starting	O
to	O
narrow	O
this	O
gap	O
,	O
though	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Low-level	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
are	O
typically	O
compiled	B-Language
,	O
especially	O
when	O
efficiency	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
concern	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
such	O
languages	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
more	O
one-to-one	O
correspondences	O
between	O
the	O
programmed	O
code	O
and	O
the	O
hardware	O
operations	O
performed	O
by	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
,	O
making	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
programmers	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
central	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
CPU	O
)	O
and	O
memory	B-General_Concept
in	O
fine	O
detail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
some	O
effort	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
always	O
possible	O
to	O
write	O
compilers	B-Language
even	O
for	O
traditionally	O
interpreted	B-Application
languages	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
can	O
be	O
compiled	B-Language
to	O
Java	B-Language
bytecode	O
(	O
then	O
interpreted	O
by	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
virtual	I-Language
machine	I-Language
)	O
,	O
C	B-Language
code	O
(	O
then	O
compiled	B-Language
to	O
native	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
)	O
,	O
or	O
directly	O
to	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programming	O
languages	O
that	O
support	O
multiple	O
compiling	B-Language
targets	O
give	O
developers	O
more	O
control	O
to	O
choose	O
either	O
execution	O
speed	O
or	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
compatibility	O
or	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
languages	O
that	O
are	O
commonly	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
compiled	B-Language
:	O
</s>
