
How to write a very basic compiler - Software Engineering Stack …
How can I write a basic compiler to convert a static text into a machine readable file? The next step will be introducing variables into the compiler; imagine that we want to write a compiler …
programming languages - Why doesn't Python need a compiler?
Feb 26, 2012 · Just wondering (now that I've started with C++ which needs a compiler) why Python doesn't need a compiler? I just enter the code, save it as an exec, and run it. In C++ I …
compiler - What exactly is a compile target? - Software …
Mar 21, 2017 · Multi-target compilers also offer compiler switches to support multiple target architectures. So, a compiler target is simply the output of the compile operation.
How do I create my own programming language and a compiler …
Jun 16, 2011 · A "compiler" is any device that translates from one programming language to another. One of the nice things about having a C# compiler that turns C# into IL, and an IL …
compiler - Does an interpreter produce machine code? - Software ...
Oct 23, 2015 · Would a compiler create machine language which runs on the physical hardware directly? So an interpreter doesn't produce machine language, but does a compiler do it for its …
c - What is the Ken Thompson Hack? - Software Engineering Stack …
Reflections on Trusting Trust is a lecture by Ken Thompson in which he explains the hack. Briefly: he hacked /bin/login to introduce a backdoor. he did this by hacking the compiler to introduce …
Compiler Warnings - Software Engineering Stack Exchange
Many compilers have warning messages to warn the programmers about potential runtime, logic and performance errors, most times, you quickly fix them, but what about unfixable warnings? …
compiler - How does garbage collection work in languages which …
Jun 14, 2017 · 60 Or does the compiler include some minimal garbage collector in the compiled program's code. That’s an odd way of saying “the compiler links the program with a library that …
programming languages - How were the first compilers made?
The compiler for X is cross compiled from another architecture where there exists a compiler for X; this is how compilers for C are usually ported to other platforms. Also this is the method …
compiler - What are the 'practical' advantages of LR parser over LL ...
Nov 26, 2020 · Many modern parser generator, including the clang compiler, use LL (k) on the other hand LR-based compilers and parser generators were created a long time ago and are …