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 which compile …
Why doesn't Python need a compiler? - Software Engineering Stack …
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 have to make …
How do I create my own programming language and a compiler for it
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 (the …
history - Why was the first compiler written before the first ...
Jul 28, 2014 · The first compiler was written by Grace Hopper in 1952 while the Lisp interpreter was written in 1958 by John McCarthy's student Steve Russell. Writing a compiler seems like a much …
programming languages - Is Python Interpreted or Compiled?
It's worth noting that languages are not interpreted or compiled, but rather language implementations either interpret or compile code. You noted that Ruby is an "interpreted language", but you can …
Novice programmer(s) frustrated by lack of a glossary of compiler errors
May 19, 2018 · Compiler errors that reference unfamiliar concepts or seem surprising should be seen as prompts to deepen ones knowledge of the language. Similarly for cases where the compiler is …
Is Ken Thompson's compiler hack still a threat?
Ken Thompson Hack (1984) Ken Thompson outlined a method for corrupting a compiler binary (and other compiled software, like a login script on a *nix system) in 1984. I was curious to know if modern
Compiler Warnings - Software Engineering Stack Exchange
Jul 1, 2014 · 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? …
Understanding the differences: traditional interpreter, JIT compiler ...
I'm trying to understand the differences between a traditional interpreter, a JIT compiler, a JIT interpreter and an AOT compiler. An interpreter is just a machine (virtual or physical) that execu...
Why was the Itanium processor difficult to write a compiler for?
Apr 17, 2015 · The compiler aspect was not the only aspect which was overly ambitious. Is there any reason why Intel didn't specify a "simple Itanium bytecode" language, and provide a tool that …