What is a Compiler in C?
What is a Compiler? Compilers in C Explained for Beginners !!! Please do view in desktop mode Did you know that it is thanks to compilers that software exists? Exactly – compilers are very important, and some form of a compiler exists in all programming languages. But, what is a compiler? What do they do exactly? This article will teach you: What a compiler is with an analogy. The basic history of C compilers. Don’t worry, you don’t need programming experience to understand what a compiler is. You just need to understand the concept first, and then if you want, you can go for the technical definition. 1. What is a Compiler? An Analogy Photo by Tyler Lastovich from Pexels Imagine that you are learning a language (French, Spanish, or Portuguese) and you want to know the meaning of a word or sentence. To do that, you are going to use Google Translate. The first step is knowing what you will type into Google Translate and checking if it is typed correct...
