Interpretation vs. Compilation

• I'm really a fan of interprative languages. All things being equal, I'd work in Lisp.
• Interpretation enables you to dynamically explore code.
• Unfortunately, this usually comes at the cost of speed.
• Fortunately, you can still compile interpretative languages and gain back the speed.
• Compilation can also check for a larger range of syntax errors.
• With really large systems, you pretty much always use compilation, but not necessarily alone.
• You should note that production games are large systems.
• There are other issues involving libraries, linking and resources that must be considered.