What is a python interpreter? Software programs use compilers and interpreters so they can operate on a computer system. We, as humans, can logically understand words and commands through speech, but computers are different. While computer systems are smart and interactive, they cannot compute human language or convert it into a command they know. Computers and software run on machine speak. That’s why computers require a command to be written in a specific way, internally. Human language, say English, must be converted into machine language so the system can operate. Running the most basic software programs on a computer requires