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 …
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, …
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 …
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 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 - 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 …
When to pay for C++ compilers - Software Engineering Stack …
Having worked on a for-pay compiler, I believe the main reason to pay for a compiler is for the support contract. If the customer has a problem with their code and suspects a compiler bug, …
compiler - How can I implement an 'if' statement in an interpreter ...
May 10, 2015 · Hardly anything that goes by the term JIT compiler stores the generated code in files. The real distinction is that JIT compilers generate machine code to be executed by the …
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 …