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 …
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 …
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 …
c++ - Is it bad practice to write code that relies on compiler ...
Oct 12, 2017 · 4 Whenever you use a compiler, the understanding is that it will produce machine- or byte-code for you. It does not guarantee anything about what that generated code is like, except that …
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...
compiler - GCC vs clang/LLVM -- pros and cons of each - Software ...
License for GCC runtime libraries adds another layer of restrictions while Clang compiler runtime (compiler-rt library) is under permissive MIT license. Summary: compile with Clang when you …
Is it really always easier to write an interpreter than a compiler?
Nov 2, 2019 · Writing an interpreter seems to me equivalent in the level of difficulty as writing a compiler, provided that the compiler simply translates the code to another high-level language (like c), and …
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 …
What is the history of the C compiler? - Software Engineering Stack ...
The first C compiler written by Dennis Ritchie used a recursive descent parser, incorporated specific knowledge about the PDP-11, and relied on an optional machine-specific optimizer to improve the …