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Compilers and Interpreters
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... Compilers and Interpreters There are two types of translator for converting a high-level language such as Pascal into machine code; compilers and interpreters. These relieve programmers of the tedium and complexity of low-level programming and hence make programming considerably easier and less error prone. Compiler This type of translator takes the whole source code and compiles it into object code. The object code (sometimes called machine code) can then be run. Pascal is an example of a programming language that uses compilation. Interpreter This type of translator takes the source code and translates the first line of the program, and then executes it. It then does the second line, and the third line, until it gets to the end of the code. BASIC, LISP, Prolog and APL are examples of programming languages that uses interpretation. Compilers plus Interpreters. Some programs written in languages such as JAVA are both compiled and interpreted! A program is firstly














