<p>Well, in the first place, <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript">MDN</a> clearly says that JavaScript is an interpreted language (it also says JIT-compiled which I will address later in the article). Still there is a question that if JavaScript is really interpreted because of the following points.</p>
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<li>If interpreted then how does hoisting takes place?</li>
<li>JIT (just-in-time compiler) makes code optimizations (also create compiled versions); interpreted languages can never do that.</li>
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Well, in the first place, [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript) clearly says that JavaScript is an interpreted language (it also says JIT-compiled which I will address later in the article). Still there is a question that if JavaScript is really interpreted because of the following points.

- If interpreted then how does hoisting takes place?
- JIT (just-in-time compiler) makes code optimizations (also create compiled versions); interpreted languages can never do that.


Is JavaScript a compiled language or an interpreted language?

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