Compilation

General term for the processing of abstract description into an actualized, generally more detailed representation.

Classical

Full Definition

The general steps in classical compilation include:

• Lexing
• Parsing
• Transformation

During the transformation step, some optimization techniques are usually applied. The word “Compilation” is also often used to describe the processing of a program written in an abstract programming language, into an executable binary. There are two major approaches for compilation, namely:

1. Ahead-of-time (AOT)
2. Just-in-time (JIT)

Performance Aware Compilation has the explicit goal to optimize some performance indicators.

Examples

• GCC, the default GNU compilers.

Related Terms

• Optimization
• Compilation Toolchain
• Performance Indicator

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