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Yes, I remember Emacs Lisp also having this fine differences depending on interpretation vs compilation.

So these very old languages still hanging around are candidates for real interpretation.

Update

Found this interesting comparison between bash and perl execution on SO

is-bash-compiled-or-interpreted

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
see Wikisyntax for the Monastery

Update

Maybe I was biased to consider bash etc as not real languages, because the idea of writing apps with several thousand LOCs gives me shivers.

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