Linked Questions

If something can be generated, then that thing is data, not code. Given that, isn't this whole idea of source code generation a misunderstanding? That is, if there is a code generator for something, ...

Sometimes while programming in different languages (C/C++, C#), this thought comes to my mind: Is each and every language written in the C programming language? Is the C language the mother/father of ...

I was wondering why C++ is a good choice to write a compiler. Of course C is good for this purpose too, because many compilers are written either in C or C++ but I am more interested in C++ this time. ...

Is it possible to define variables dynamically? Last night I was writing some code (C and VB2010) and I ran into a problem related to defining variables in my program. The variables needed depend on ...

Anyone knows a solution that works something like this: #include <stdio.h> #include <gcc.h> /* This .h is what I'm looking for. */ int main (void) { /* variables declaration (...) */ ...

I'm really interested in writing my own general-purpose high-level programming language, but I'm somewhat confused. I know that Python and Ruby were written in C, which makes me wonder that if I want ...

I'm currently building a server responsible of storing and managing few million records of fairly complex and interconnected data. For reasons beyond my control the work has to be done with C++. I ...

Let's say that I'm a theoretical programmer hunting for a cross platform programming language, what are my options. This language must satisfy this list of requirements: It must not require the user ...

I was taking this course - CMU 18-447, Computer Architecture at Carnegie Mellon to brush my knowledge and concepts. They say that most of the machine level details and implementations are taken care ...

Both the comma operator and the semicolon can be used to separate statements. Let's consider this simple code: #include <stdio.h> void do_something(int*i) {(*i)++;} int main() { int i; ...

Often when translating between languages (whether with program translation or compiling) it's a one-way, destructive translation. The functionality of the "port" isn't lost, but some of the intent ...

Suppose I create a simple functional Domain-specific language (DSL) using an imperative language, in this case C++. Here is a simple implementation of a DSL that can has the notion of a simple value ...

I am going to write a very simple VM and bytecode compiler. Is it typical for a bytecode compiler to read the syntax and attempt to create the bytecode directly or is there an intermediate stage to ...

I am writing a simple compiler. I have written lexer and parser and it now generates assembly code from given code. Now I need to write an assembler which generates machine code. But the problem is ...

Let's say we wanted a typeful, pure functional programming language, like Haskell or Idris, that is aimed at systems programming without garbage collection and has no runtime (or at least not more ...

I just wonder if exists a compiled language that can modify it's own machine code. I know that in most common operative systems the executable code is protected during execution time, but maybe if ...

I'm working on a C compiler for Linux for the purpose of personal curiosity/fun. How can I test the generated assembly before the compiler is complete enough to do anything useful? For example, if I ...

Presume this situation: Max Number of 256 key slots. Key slots are defined by a struct, and a variable for each (256) has to exist. User defines which keys slots are active at initiation (in my ...

How does a Program that is already compiled create standalone .exe files without an apparent compiler? Example game making software like GameMaker that lets you create a game, add all the resources, ...