an interpreted language is often easier to debug, because you can still see your raw code there, but it's not always as fast.

解释语言调试起来很容易，因为你可以看到最原始的代码，但是这种语言不够快。

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In a high-level language, square root might simply be a primitive that you can use rather than you having to go over and code it.

一个高级的语言，平方根可能仅仅,只是你能使用的一个基本要素,而不是你需要去编译它。

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So write the so called source code which is in a specific language.

用指定的编程语言,写出所谓的源代码。

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