
programming languages - Why doesn't Python need a compiler?
Feb 26, 2012 · The majority of modern high-performance language implementations combine both an interpreter and a compiler (or even several compilers) for maximum performance. Actually, …
c - How to write a very basic compiler - Software Engineering …
Go with an existing educational language instead, and focus on learning about compilers. The following two are specifically designed for classroom use in compiler courses and by extension …
How Does A Compiler Work? - Software Engineering Stack Exchange
A compiler is a program that translates the source code for another program from a programing language into executable code. The source code is typically in a high-level programming …
compiler - Is C is a portable language for new architectures or it is ...
(the compiler, itself, can be what is being compiled, from source, for the new architecture.) even a related new architecture needs lots of updates to the compiler to take advantage of the new …
Compiler Warnings - Software Engineering Stack Exchange
Jul 1, 2014 · The compiler has been written by total experts in the language. If they are reporting that something is a bit wiffy (think code smell) then the code should be reviewed. It is entirely …
compiler - What exactly is a compile target? - Software …
Mar 21, 2017 · In programming languages, it is a compiler. Thus, the source for a compiler is the programming language (C), while the target is the bytecode (machine-level instructions). We …
compiler - Does an interpreter produce machine code? - Software ...
Oct 23, 2015 · A C compiler that transforms C to LLVM IR, an LLVM backend compiler that transforms LLVM IR to x86 machine code, and an x86 CPU that executes that code. A C …
compiler - How does Chrome V8 work? And why was JavaScript …
Jul 30, 2015 · So when the compiler reaches x + y, instead of running lots of code that branches for many different types of x and y, the compiler quickly checks if we have strings again, and …
Why are there so few C compilers?
Feb 19, 2015 · The question is based upon a false premise. Analog Devices, armcc, Bruce's C Compiler, the Bare-C Cross Compiler, the Borland compiler, the clang compiler, the Cosmic C …
compiler - Why do programs use call stacks, if nested function …
Jun 12, 2015 · in the above, the compiler can choose to keep right on statically inlining, from InlineMe through whatever's inside act(), nor a need to touch any vtables at runtime. But any …