[jayrhynas]

It's definitely a blurry line, this `run` tool invokes your Swift file with `swift file.swift` which runs it in immediate mode. Technically it is compiling your code to memory and and immediately executing it, but is it that different from JIT in Python or Node scripting?

[brandonasuncion]

If you look at it that way, I agree. But then the same thing is done for executing Go, which is listed with the other compiled languages.

[saghm]

I wonder if the mistake might stem from Go using a subcommand (i.e. `go run`, which might appear resemble `cargo run` or `dotnet run` at a glance) compared to providing the ability to run a "script" as a top-level command, which tends to be more common with interpreted languages (`node`, `python`, `irb`, `bash`, `lua`, etc.)

[likeclockwork]

"compiled" isn't a property of a language. I think the distinction that both you and the author of the tool are making is always going to be messy. It seems to me that you're talking about the language itself via an imprecise description of a particular implementation.

[esubaalew]

You're right—Kotlin can be used as Kotlin/JS for web development, and as a compiled language when we're talking about Android development. Context matters