Compiler Basics Quiz

The primary purpose of a compiler is to translate computer code from one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language).

A cross-compiler produces code for a different CPU or operating system than the one on which the cross-compiler itself runs.

A bootstrap compiler is often a temporary compiler used for compiling a more permanent or better-optimized compiler for a language.

<p>The term for a program that translates from a low-level language to a higher level one is a decompiler.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The software that translates between high-level languages is usually called a source-to-source compiler or transpiler.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A bootstrap compiler is often a temporary compiler used for compiling a more permanent or better optimized compiler for a language.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A source-to-source compiler or transpiler.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A decompiler translates from a low-level language to a higher level one.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A decompiler.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A source-to-source compiler or transpiler.</p> Signup and view all the answers