Translators like compilers, interpreters and assemblers are needed to translate programs written in high-level languages into the machine code that a computer understands.

Assembly language is a low-level language written in mnemonics that closely reflects the operations of the CPU. For example, a common mnemonic is STA (store data to memory).

Find out how source code is compiled for different programming languages and computer architectures, including the evolution from FORTRAN to CLR and JIT compilers.

Each platform, for example, a Mac, has its own interpreter that functions to interpret bytecode so that it's compatible with a Mac. This is what makes Java special; compared to other programs that ...

A simple example C program is available here for you to test the compiler on. Save it as example.c and run the compiler on it, replacing "filename" with "example" in the above command. You might find ...

Simple embeddable bytecode VM: C interpreter, Python-based assembler. Bajo interpreter is designed for resource-limited platforms, including 32-bit MCUs. The assembler is implemented in Python as an ...