comparison between Compiler and Interpreter
What are the differences between Compiler and Interpreter?
=> In the field of computers, the instructions given by the user are normally of high level language, whereas the computer will understand the instructions only in the binary format, the language of a computer is known as machine language. The sole purpose of the compiler and interpreter is to convert the user given high level language into machine level language so as to make the computer understand and executed the users driven instruction set. “If both the interpreter and compiler are used for sole purpose then what is the significance of each, for this reason the current report if aimed at exploring the difference between a compiler and interpreter”. A compiler will translate the high level language input given by the user into the machine language, i.e. in the binary codes, whereas an interpreter also converts the high-level language into machine level language but the interpreter will initially generate an intermediate code and then convert the high level language to machine level language.
The following context doles out brief description on the differences among the compiler and interpreter
Even though the compiler and interpreter are used for converting the high level
language to machine language, there exist few variations between the
compiler in the style and functionalities in converting the languages.
Compiler is a unique program that runs
the instructions that are written in a certain programming language and
convert them into the machine code that a computer can understand. The
interpreter just does the same work as of the compiler, but the major
variation is that, it converts the high level language into an intermediate
code which is executed by the processor. Normally a developer compose
the instructions set by using any kind of programming language such as
C, Java, Pascal, Python etc. The instruction written by the programmer
is referred as the source code. The programmer must initiate the compiler or interpreter that is pertained to the language used for writing source code. Interpreter investigates and runs each line of source
code in sequence, without considering the whole program at once.
Nevertheless, programs shaped by compilers run greatly faster than the
same instructions executed by an interpreter.
Basic differences between Compiler and Interpreter:
- Compiler translates the high level instruction into machine language, but the interpreter translates the high level instruction into an intermediate code.
- The compiler executes the entire program at a time, but the interpreter executes each and every line individually.
- Compiler reports the list of errors that are caused during the process of execution, but the interpreter quits translating soon after finding an error, the progression of the other lines of the program will be done after refining the error.
- Autonomous executable file is generated by the compiler while interpreter is compulsory for an interpreter program.
Differences on the basis of Various characteristics:
- In a compiler the analyzing and processing time of the program is more, while an interpreter spends less time for the program analyzing and processing.
- The resulting code of the compiler is in the form of machine code or binary format, in case of interpreter the resulting code is in the form of the intermediate code.
- In case of compiler, the resulting code is executed by the computer hardware, in an interpreter; another program interprets the resulting code.
- The execution of the program is fast in the compiler; in an interpreter the program execution speed is comparatively slow.
Differences on the basis of programming:
- The compiler will verify syntax of program, whereas the interpreter verifies the keywords of a program.
- The compiler will verify the entire program at a time, but the interpreter verifies the program concurrently in the editor.
- The execution of the program in the interpreter is done line by line but the compiler executes the program on the whole.
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