:PROPERTIES: :ID: 2193dd78-50c4-4119-832a-e04c707687df :END: #+title: interpreter #+author: Preston Pan #+html_head: #+html_head: #+html_head: #+options: broken-links:t * Introduction An interpreter in programming is a computer program that runs another computer program. A formal definition of these concepts are required in order to make sense of it.