In computer programming, a one-pass compiler is a compiler that processes each compilation unit only once, sequentially translating each source statement...
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multi-pass compiler is a type of compiler that processes the source code or abstract syntax tree of a program several times. This is in contrast to a one-pass...
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cross-compiler itself runs. A bootstrap compiler is often a temporary compiler, used for compiling a more permanent or better optimised compiler for a...
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PL/I, a portable one-pass compiler written in its own language, and a parser generator tool for easily implementing similar compilers for other languages...
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computer science, a compiler-compiler or compiler generator is a programming tool that creates a parser, interpreter, or compiler from some form of formal...
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as a subset of ALGOL 68, to allow compiling via a one-pass compiler. It was mostly for numerical analysis. A compiler for ALGOL 68S was available for the...
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A cross compiler is a compiler capable of creating executable code for a platform other than the one on which the compiler is running. For example, a compiler...
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ALGOL 68-R (section The compiler)
language, using multi-pass compilers with up to seven passes, they described how they had already implemented a one-pass compiler which was in production...
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needs to change from target to target. (For more information on compiler design, see Compiler.) The input to the code generator typically consists of a parse...
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Program optimization (section Compile level)
goals: when designing a compiler, if fast compilation is the key priority, a one-pass compiler is faster than a multi-pass compiler (assuming same work)...
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NELIAC (redirect from Navy Electronics Laboratory International ALGOL Compiler)
The Navy Electronics Laboratory International ALGOL Compiler (NELIAC) is a dialect and compiler implementation of the programming language ALGOL 58, developed...
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complexity and memory requirements of a compiler, and generally prevents the compiler from being implemented in one pass. MSDN: Converting to a Forward-Reference...
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Parsing (category Compiler construction)
for them. For compilers, the parsing itself can be done in one pass or multiple passes – see one-pass compiler and multi-pass compiler. The implied disadvantages...
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real-time and time-sharing monitor for Mycro-1 DIS 1029 PL/Mycro resident one-pass compiler DIS 1030 DINIT diskette initialization program DIS 1031 GRTS 115/Mycro-1...
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An optimizing compiler is a compiler designed to generate code that is optimized in aspects such as minimizing program execution time, memory usage, storage...
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into four sections, the editor, the compiler, a monitor for testing code and switching between the editor and compiler, and the run-time library. The run-time...
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Translator (computing) (section Compilers)
is a generic term that can refer to a compiler, assembler, or interpreter—anything that converts code from one computer language into another. These include...
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The powerful Burroughs COBOL compiler was also a one-pass compiler and equally fast. A 4000-card COBOL program compiled as fast as the 1000-card/minute...
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Turbo Pascal (category Pascal (programming language) compilers)
a one-pass compiler written in assembly language. Compiling was much faster than compilers for other languages (even Borland's own later compilers for...
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code to execute at the bottom (unindented), similar to code for a one-pass compiler, such as in Pascal. Alternatively, a program can be structured with...
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the C and C++ compilers. As well as being the official compiler of the GNU operating system, GCC has been adopted as the standard compiler by many other...
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Dartmouth BASIC (category BASIC compilers)
produced SCALP, the "Self-Contained Algol Processor", a one-pass compiler that was ready to run the compiled program as soon as the punched tape finished reading...
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to existing difficulties", ALGOL X got as far as having a compiler made for it. This compiler was written by Douglas T. Ross of the Massachusetts Institute...
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Inline expansion (category Compiler optimizations)
language and compiler. Typically, compiler developers keep the above performance issues in mind, and incorporate heuristics into their compilers that choose...
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Clang (redirect from Clang (compiler))
It acts as a drop-in replacement for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), supporting most of its compiling flags and unofficial language extensions. It...
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confused deputy, there was a compiler program provided on a commercial timesharing service. Users could run the compiler and optionally specify a filename...
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Megamax C (category C (programming language) compilers)
Megamax, Inc., based in Richardson, Texas, the package includes a one-pass compiler, linker, text editor, resource construction kit, and documentation...
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man-years, using multi-pass compilers with up to seven passes. The RRE team described how they had already implemented a one-pass compiler, which was already...
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Name mangling (category Compiler construction)
function, structure, class or another data type, to pass more semantic information from the compiler to the linker. The need for name mangling arises where...
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and similarly obscure syntax. Throughout the 20th century, research in compiler theory led to the creation of high-level programming languages, which use...
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