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  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. 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.

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. compiler - Does an interpreter produce machine code? - Software ...

    Oct 23, 2015 · A Java compiler produces code for the JVM. So the target machine of a compiler can be a virtual machine that is not executed directly by the hardware. The main difference …

  7. 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 …

  8. 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 …

  9. 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 …

  10. Are Intel compilers really better than the Microsoft ones?

    The compiler itself contains myriads of ways to optimize code, including targeting a specific CPU in terms of, say, SSE capabilities. It really makes -O2 / -O3 run away ashamed. And that was …