Compilation vs. interpretation - advantages and disadvantages

	COMPILATION	INTERPRETATION
ADVANTAGES	the execution of the translated code is usually faster; only the user has to have the compiler - the end-user may use the code without it; the translated code is stored using machine language - as it is very hard to understand it, your own inventions and programming tricks are likely to remain your secret.	you can run the code as soon as you complete it - there are no additional phases of translation; the code is stored using programming language, not the machine one - this means that it can be run on computers using different machine languages; you don't compile your code separately for each different architecture.
DISADVANTAGES	the compilation itself may be a very time-consuming process - you may not be able to run your code immediately after any amendment; you have to have as many compilers as hardware platforms you want your code to be run on.	don't expect that interpretation will ramp your code to high speed - your code will share the computer's power with the interpreter, so it can't be really fast; both you and the end user have to have the interpreter to run your code.