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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Compiler, P-code machine, GNU Compiler Collection, Linker, Cygwin, Threaded code, List of compilers, Free Pascal, Decompiler, EiffelStudio, Low Level Virtual Machine, MinGW, IBM VisualAge, Pika software builder, Mikroelektronika, ALGOL 68C, PL/0, Data dependency, Open64, Digitek, Bootstrapping, Incremental compiler, Maximal munch, History of compiler construction, Multi-pass compiler, OpenCOBOL, ALGOL 68G, Pic Micro Pascal, C--, Source-to-source compiler, Comeau C/C++, Migration RPG, Apple Dylan, SPITBOL compiler, ROSE, .bss, Linkage, Phoenix, TenDRA Compiler, AOT compiler, Edison Design Group, GCD test, Retargeting, One-pass compiler, UWIN, UNCOL, MKS Toolkit, 8051 compiler, Trance JIT, Language binding, ARMware, Micro programming language, F2c, Tombstone diagram, SmartEiffel, Configware/Software-Co-Compilation, PQCC, AdaMagic, KRoC, Compcert, Turbo Modula-2, Thomas Bourn, Lisp in Small Pieces, The Design of an Optimizing Compiler, Transcompiler, Octopiler, Cascader, Target language, FMSLogo, The Portland Group. Excerpt: A compiler is a computer program (or set of programs) that transforms source code written in a programming language (the source language) into another computer language (the target language, often having a binary form known as object code). The most common reason for wanting to transform source code is to create an executable program. The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a lower level language (e.g., assembly language or machine code). If the compiled program can run on a computer whose CPU or operating system is different from the one on which the compiler runs, the compiler is known as a cross-compiler. A program that translates from a low level language to a higher level one is a decompiler. A program that transla...
