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It depends on which specific program you have in mind. Native machine code programs do not require any software to run; the program was converted into the machine's native language during compilation and does not require further translation. However, machine code is non-portable. To execute the same program on another platform the source code must be recompiled for that platform. Conditional compilation directives ensure that the correct machine-specific source code is compiled.
Byte code programs, however, do require software to execute. Byte code is not native machine code so must be converted to native machine code while it is executing. This is achieved using a runtime program known as an interpreter. Java is a typical example. Java source code is compiled to Java byte code suitable for interpretation by the Java virtual machine (JVM). Thus a JVM is required to execute Java programs. Unlike native machine code, byte code is portable; the same byte code will execute upon any machine that has a suitable interpreter available.
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