Find out how source code is compiled for different programming languages and computer architectures, including the evolution from FORTRAN to CLR and JIT compilers.

COMP_SCI 322: Compiler Construction VIEW ALL COURSE TIMES AND SESSIONS Prerequisites COMP_SCI 213: Introduction to Computer Systems, CS 214: Data Structures and Data Management (or equivalent) ...

Computers don't understand English or even programming languages. What's needed is translation software, and it comes in different forms: compilers, interpreters and bytecode.

Every computer programmer has a copious pile of opinions about how their programming language of choice could be improved. Who doesn't want more syntactic sugar, better runtime performance, and ...