CSCE 434 Lecture 1
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What is a Compiler?
A program that converts high-level code into machine code for productivity and portability
- Cannot verify algorithm; only checks the code syntax (and perhaps static analysis)
- Performs transformatinos that execute in an optimized fashion (execution time, memory footprint, executable size, power consumption)
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