Compiler | Interpreter |
- A compiler is a machine that takes the high-level language as the input and gives an assembly level language as the output.
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- An interpreter is an application that converts the programming language into comprehensible language.
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- The entire program is compiled at once.
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- One statement is compiled at a time.
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- It scans the entire code once and gives all the errors at once in the end.
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- Since each line is compiled at once, it gives errors line by line.
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- It converts source code into object code
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- Does not convert source code into object code.
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- Does not require source code for further execution
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- Requires source code for further execution.
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- It requires memory, since object code is generated which requires further linking.
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- It is memory efficient, since no object code is generated
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- Python, Ruby, MATLAB, etc
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