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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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? …

A compiler is a computer program (or set of instructions) that transforms source code written in a programming language (the source language) into another computer language (the target …

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 …

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 …