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Dave Prateek
Dave Prateek

Reputation: 81

What is interpreter-aware SparkContext

In the spark docs, there is mentioned a line

In the Spark shell, a special interpreter-aware SparkContext is already created for you, in the variable called sc.

reference : https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/rdd-programming-guide.html

What does interpreter-aware SparkContext means here ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 39

Answers (1)

Ged
Ged

Reputation: 18043

You can run the spark-shell with python or scala. The spark context knows which one. As it is interactive there is an interpreter. It's a common computing concept, that is all.

Upvotes: 1

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