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A compiler is software that translates computer code written in one programming language into another, most familiarly from a language people write into instructions machines execute. Grace Hopper's team at Remington Rand wrote the compiler for the A-0 language in May 1952 and coined the term; the FORTRAN compiler completed in 1957 by John Backus's team at IBM is generally credited as the first unambiguously complete compiler, and every high level language since has stood on the idea.
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Origin YearMay 1952, the A-0 compiler written by Grace Hopper's team, which also coined the term; the 1957 FORTRAN compiler is generally credited as the first unambiguously complete one. Core PrincipleTranslate a whole program from the language people write into the language a machine runs, checking and transforming it along the way. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Her team wrote the A-0 compiler in May 1952 and coined the term compiler.
The 1957 FORTRAN compiler by his IBM team is generally credited as the first unambiguously complete compiler.
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Grace Hopper's A-0 System (1952), which translated symbolic mathematical code into machine code, is widely credited as one of the first compilers; she went on to lead work on the COBOL compiler.
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In computing, a compiler is software that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language).
1. Wikipedia: Compiler
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a compiler is software that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language)
1. Wikipedia: Compiler
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May 1952: Grace Hopper's team at Remington Rand wrote the compiler for the A-0 programming language (and coined the term compiler to describe it).
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Walter Isaacson, Simon and Schuster, 2014Invented By: Grace Hopper
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