Frances Allen, whose work on computer compiling helped establish a foundation for much of modern computer programming, died on August 4th, her 88th birthday. She was the first woman to win the Turing ...

Frances “Fran” Allen, an early computer scientist who became a pioneer in the world of computing, has died. She was best known for her work on compiler research. According to relatives, Allen passed ...

I think he means compilation speed, i.e. how fast one can get source code into a compiled form. For instance, picking Build Solution from VS.Net; what computer attribute most affects the speed of that ...