Compiled vs Interpreted

To understand the differences between compiled and interpreted programs, we will look at a configuration for each.

C example (Compiled)

The command fields holds gcc, {{IN}}, -o, {{OUT}}.

The first argument, gcc tells QuickerMD that the program I want to call for the C language is gcc. The rest are passed as arguments to the program, with {{IN}} and {{OUT}} being substituted with their respective variable. See Command Variables.

QuickerMD will translate the command to ["gcc", "tmp.c", "-o", "tmp_exe"]

The template field holds a multi-line string that will be used to create a default file for an input. If we run the following in the terminal:

quicker_md run c 'printf("Hello, from QuickerMD");' --show-input

The created temporary file will look:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main() {
    printf("Hello, from QuickerMD");
}

Python (Interpreted)

The command field has just python in the array. This tells QuickerMD that it should run python with no arguments.

The redir_input is set to true. This tells QuickerMD that the input passed to it will be redirected to the program, which is python

If we run the following in the terminal:

quicker_md run py 'print("Hello, from QuickerMD")'

We are essentially running the following:

echo 'print("Hello, from QuickerMD")' | python