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Is NetLogo compiled or interpreted?

April 26, 2017compiled interpreted netlogo

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Is NetLogo compiled or interpreted?

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Short answer: partially compiled; we are working towards a full compiler. Long answer: NetLogo does include a compiler that generates Java byte code. However, this compiler does not yet support the entire language, so some parts of user code are interpreted. We are working on expanding the compiler to support the entire language. Note that our compiler generates Java byte code, and Java virtual machines have “just-in-time” compilers that in turn compile Java byte code all the way to native code, so user code is ultimately translated to native code.