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If the source code is requested for execution, then the operating system loads the corresponding interpreter into memory and starts a process. The interpreter then loads the source code into memory to translate and execute each [[Statement (computer science)|statement]]. Running the source code is slower than running an executable.<ref name="cpl_3rd-ch1-7">{{cite book
| last = Wilson
| first = Leslie B.
| title = Comparative Programming Languages, Third Edition
| publisher = Addison-Wesley
| year = 2001
| page = 7
| isbn = 0-201-71012-9
}}</ref>{{efn|An executable has each [[machine instruction]] ready for the [[CPU]].}} Moreover, the interpreter must be installed on the computer.
 
==Example computer program==