Difference between revisions of "Programming Language Translators"
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| + | An assembler translates assembly language into machine code. | ||
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| + | A compiler translates code written in a high level programming language into object code, the machine code of a particular machine. It 'compiles' the entire source code before translating it. The compiler has several advantages over interpreters, such as: the object code is saved, meaning there is no need to re-compile; compiled code executes faster than interpreted code; the object code can easily be distributed without the compiler; and compiled code is more secure, as it is harder to reverse engineer than interpreted code. | ||
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| + | An interpreter also translates code written in a programming language into object code, but unlike a compiler it does this one line of code at a time. This makes it slower to run than a compiler, but interpreters are useful for partially testing or debugging programs. | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 6 March 2017
Assembler
An assembler translates assembly language into machine code.
Compiler
A compiler translates code written in a high level programming language into object code, the machine code of a particular machine. It 'compiles' the entire source code before translating it. The compiler has several advantages over interpreters, such as: the object code is saved, meaning there is no need to re-compile; compiled code executes faster than interpreted code; the object code can easily be distributed without the compiler; and compiled code is more secure, as it is harder to reverse engineer than interpreted code.
Interpreter
An interpreter also translates code written in a programming language into object code, but unlike a compiler it does this one line of code at a time. This makes it slower to run than a compiler, but interpreters are useful for partially testing or debugging programs.
