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compiler [n]
 
1)a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias
    Synonyms :encyclopaedist encyclopedist 
    See Also: author  compile 
 
2)(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
    Synonyms :compiling_program 
    See Also: computer_program  computer_science  compile  c_compiler  fortran_compiler  lisp_compiler  pascal_compiler  parser 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

A program that converts another program from some source language (or programming language) to machine language (object code). Some compilers output assembly language which is then converted to machine language by a separate assembler.

A compiler is distinguished from an assembler by the fact that each input statement does not, in general, correspond to a single machine instruction or fixed sequence of instructions. A compiler may support such features as automatic allocation of variables, arbitrary arithmetic expressions, control structures such as FOR and WHILE loops, variable scope, input/ouput operations, higher-order functions and portability of source code.

AUTOCODER, written in 1952, was possibly the first primitive compiler. Laning and Zierler's compiler, written in 1953-1954, was possibly the first true working algebraic compiler.

See also byte-code compiler, native compiler, optimising compiler.

(1994-11-07)



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