Intermediate languages

  • Authors:
  • Ron Cytron

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Encyclopedia of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Many computer application programs can be regarded as language translators, in the sense that they accept an input source language and produce an output target language. Compilers are among the most important examples of such programs: a compiler might accept C++ (q.v.) programs as input and produce machine instructions for an UltraSparc computer. Other examples include text processors, which accept text and formatting specifications and produce an image to be viewed or printed.