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 …
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 …
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 …
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 does Python need both a compiler and an interpreter?
Jul 12, 2015 · I can understand the fact that Java needs both a compiler and an interpreter. It compiles source code to bytecode and then a virtual machine (on Windows, on Linux, on Android, etc.) …
C++ - Is it bad practice to use compiler specific functions?
Dec 8, 2020 · Is it bad to use compiler-specific functions in your source? i.e Should I avoid using them? The answer is "it depends." A naive hand-rolled popcount function requires but a few lines of code …
How could the first C++ compiler be written in C++?
The compiler was written in valid C++ code, but only used a few of the full C++ features, those which were supported by the "C with Classes" preprocessor. It used a subset of the full language, so it also …
compiler - How does Chrome V8 work? And why was JavaScript not JIT ...
Jul 30, 2015 · My own explanation here that I began to write pales in comparison with the answer given in Understanding the differences: traditional interpreter, JIT compiler, JIT interpreter and AOT …