You write the source code, the stuff that looks like this and then you save your file, and now you just have a text file.

比如你们写出像这样的源代码后,保存，你将会得到一个文本文件。

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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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What that basically says is the following: in an interpreted language, you take what's called the source code, the thing you write, it may go through a simple checker but it basically goes to the interpreter, that thing inside the machine that's going to control the flow of going through each one of the instructions, and give you an output.

也就说，如果是解释语言的话：,你要写一些叫做，源码的东西，你写的东西会经过一个简单的过滤器,然后解释器会处理你的源码，解释器会产生一个,逐条读取你的源码的,控制流，然后返回一个输出结果。

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And you can write your source code in it but to compile something you don't run a command like GCC and then the name of the file, you instead click a button.

你们可以在上面写源代码,如果要编译的话，不用像GCC这样要输入命令，文件名,只需点击按钮就可以了。

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