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 …

A compiler is a computer program (or set of instructions) that transforms source code written in a programming language (the source language) into another computer language (the target …

The compiler for X is cross compiled from another architecture where there exists a compiler for X; this is how compilers for C are usually ported to other platforms. Also this is the method …

Compiler designers are often extremely good programmers. Compilers are very important: most programming is done using compilers, so it's imperative the compiler is of high quality.

May 10, 2015 · This is easy to implement in a compiler, however I'm not sure how to implement this in an interpreter. The difference between an interpreter and a compiler, is that a compiler …

Ken Thompson Hack (1984) Ken Thompson outlined a method for corrupting a compiler binary (and other compiled software, like a login script on a *nix system) in 1984. I was curious to …

Apr 21, 2017 · What are good resources on how to write a lexer in C++ (books, tutorials, documents), what are some good techniques and practices? I have looked on the internet and …

Trying to outsmart the compiler doesn't usually make a big difference, and has a lot of chances to backfire. For instance, inlining makes your program bigger as it duplicates the code …

The aligned attribute forces the compiler to align that variable (your a array) to the specified alignment. The GCC documentation lists the attributes you can give, and you could even …

I'm trying to understand why the output file sizes are significantly different when using a C and a C++ compiler. I was writing a small hello world program in C and C++, I noticed that in C …