[Artemis2]

Python executes, it does not compiles.

EDIT: Whoops, it's actually compiled into bytecode then executed by the VM.

[Pxtl]

it's generous to call the CPython interpreter a VM - the binary encoding of Python isn't some crazy IL bytecode, its' really just python-as-binary. Language constructs converted into opcodes, strings with pre-calculated hashes, and local variables within a scope become a sort of vector... but otherwise, it's a prettymuch 1:1 mapping between Python language constructs and the bytecode form.

[runjake]

As the_paul said, this is incorrect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)#...

[the_paul]

This is not true.

[mimighost]

It actually "compiles" into bytecode, then consumed by the interpreter.