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Compiler Sand Interpreters

The document discusses the roles of compilers and interpreters in programming, highlighting that compilers translate high-level source code into machine-readable code, allowing for faster execution and better error diagnosis, but are harder to debug. In contrast, interpreters translate code line-by-line, making debugging easier and development faster, but can lead to slower execution times. It also mentions the differences between high-level and low-level languages, noting that low-level languages are closer to machine code and do not typically require a compiler or interpreter.

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Compiler Sand Interpreters

The document discusses the roles of compilers and interpreters in programming, highlighting that compilers translate high-level source code into machine-readable code, allowing for faster execution and better error diagnosis, but are harder to debug. In contrast, interpreters translate code line-by-line, making debugging easier and development faster, but can lead to slower execution times. It also mentions the differences between high-level and low-level languages, noting that low-level languages are closer to machine code and do not typically require a compiler or interpreter.

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• A compiler is a computer program that

translate written code (source code) into


another computer language
• Associated with high level languages
• A well formed list of compilers
• Compiles Java source code into Java
bytecode
• Translates all code at once
• Used with high level languages
• Faster Execution
• Single file to execute
• Compiler can do better diagnosis of syntax
and semantic errors, since it has more info
than an interpreter (Interpreter only sees
one line at a time)
• Compiler can optimize code
• Harder to debug
• Takes longer to change source code,
recompile and relink
• Slower execution times
• No optimization
• Need all of source code available
• Source code larger than executable for
large systems
• In Java, the interpreter is a component of
the Java JDK that runs Java bytecode
classes
• Allows Java to be ran outside of a web
browser
• Translates code one line at a time and
then executes the instruction immediately
• Used with high level languages
• Easier to debug
• Faster development time
• Used with low level languages
• Basically this translates the low level
language to machine code (then the
program can be executed)
• Usually have to be either interpreted,
compiled, or translated (or some
combination of all three)
• Easier to use than low level languages
– Language is closer to spoken language
• Portable
• Abstract
• Examples: Java, Visual Basic, ?, ? (lab
assignment)
• In a sense low level languages speak the
same language as the hardware
• Usually does not need a compiler or
interpreter
• 1st Generation: Machine Code
• 2nd Generation: Assembly Language

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