BASIC is basic

Even C++ programs require a "runtime environment" so that's hardly the mark of an interpreted language.

What an interpreted language requires is called an interpreter.
 
Runtime environment includes dlls needed from language, in compiled or interpreted programs.
 
Runtime environment includes dlls needed from language, ...
Not always. Programs created with Microsoft VS needs Runtime dlls, but this is not the case for all Compilers.
With Delphi, i have only a single exe.
 
not really, Delphi can make an exe that consists of machine code.
 
basically yes, the machine code program just needs to get past the facade that is windows.
 
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