Compiler

A program that changes source code (high level language) to object code which that can be executed by a machine.

Compiler:

• Checks syntax of a program
• checks at a time all the program

Primary reason for compiling source code is to create an executable program

Examples of compiler based languages: C, C++, java

Executables: Files that actually do something by carrying out a set of instructions.


Some of the examples of compiler:

Microsoft Visual Studio
BlueJ
Quincy 2005