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-Miscellaneous source files for the main Python shared library
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+Miscellaneous source files for the compiler and runtime execution logic of the CPython interpreter.
+* For high-level compiler architecture, see the compiler design at [InternalDocs/compiler.md](../InternalDocs/compiler.md).
+* For technical details on the interpreter, see the bytecode interpreter at [InternalDocs/interpreter.md](../InternalDocs/interpreter.md).