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Introduction

What you will learn in this chapter

  • Which languages are we talking about?
  • Translation process
  • Various schemes of Translation
  • Types of Compilers
  • Why are High Level languages so heavily used?
  • What does a compiler actually do?
  • Phases of a compiler
  • Theoretical viewpoint regarding a compiler

Key Words

High Level language, bytecode, translation, compilers, phases, interpreters

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